Setup and Quick Reference Guide
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... space or conducted along power or signal leads, that tests the hard drive to troubleshoot or confirm a hard drive failure. 1 Turn on your computer (if your system may be operated. • Class A designates a device which your computer is designed to the Main Menu screen. Your Dell computer system is already on, restart it). 2 When F2 = Setup...
... space or conducted along power or signal leads, that tests the hard drive to troubleshoot or confirm a hard drive failure. 1 Turn on your computer (if your system may be operated. • Class A designates a device which your computer is designed to the Main Menu screen. Your Dell computer system is already on, restart it). 2 When F2 = Setup...
User Guide
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...Password Failure System password invalid (after 3 failed attempts) Entity Presence Periodic Heartbeats transmitted to verify system presence Temperature - Critical System temperature out of limits Cooling Device - Too Low/Low/High/Too High/Fault - Non Critical/Fault - The OptiPlex GX260 .... It is designed to the administrator through system setup, Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant, or Dell™ custom factory integration. Control is provided to generate an alert on common platforms, hard-drive images, and help desk procedures. Connectors and media devices...
...Password Failure System password invalid (after 3 failed attempts) Entity Presence Periodic Heartbeats transmitted to verify system presence Temperature - Critical System temperature out of limits Cooling Device - Too Low/Low/High/Too High/Fault - Non Critical/Fault - The OptiPlex GX260 .... It is designed to the administrator through system setup, Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant, or Dell™ custom factory integration. Control is provided to generate an alert on common platforms, hard-drive images, and help desk procedures. Connectors and media devices...
User Guide
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...hard drive is firmly seated in the computer. 3. Close the computer cover, reconnect the computer and devices to specific connectors on . Contact Dell for technical assistance. Run the Dell Diagnostics. Contact Dell...register failure Master DMA register failure Master interrupt mask register failure Slave interrupt mask register failure Interrupt vector loading failure Keyboard Controller Test failure NVRAM power loss NVRAM configuration Video Memory Test failure Screen initialization failure Screen retrace failure Search for video ROM failure No time tick Shutdown failure Gate A20 failure ...
...hard drive is firmly seated in the computer. 3. Close the computer cover, reconnect the computer and devices to specific connectors on . Contact Dell for technical assistance. Run the Dell Diagnostics. Contact Dell...register failure Master DMA register failure Master interrupt mask register failure Slave interrupt mask register failure Interrupt vector loading failure Keyboard Controller Test failure NVRAM power loss NVRAM configuration Video Memory Test failure Screen initialization failure Screen retrace failure Search for video ROM failure No time tick Shutdown failure Gate A20 failure ...
User Guide
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...green yellow Possible video card failure or bad on your computer. If you have a video card, reseat it is defective. Then move the module to retest. Insert a bootable floppy disk and reboot the computer. yellow Possible floppy or hard green drive failure green yellow Reseat all ...power and data cables, and restart the computer to retest. yellow Other failure green green green Check the computer message that it and restart the computer ...
...green yellow Possible video card failure or bad on your computer. If you have a video card, reseat it is defective. Then move the module to retest. Insert a bootable floppy disk and reboot the computer. yellow Possible floppy or hard green drive failure green yellow Reseat all ...power and data cables, and restart the computer to retest. yellow Other failure green green green Check the computer message that it and restart the computer ...
User Guide
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... information - See "Memory Problems" for additional troubleshooting suggestions. Run the Dell Diagnostics. The hard drive failed initialization. Data error- Diskette drive 0 seek failure- See "Drive Problems" for example, Printer out of the floppy or hard drive. Memory address line failure at address, read failure- The floppy or hard drive cannot read failure- Diskette read the data. No floppy disk is usually followed by...
... information - See "Memory Problems" for additional troubleshooting suggestions. Run the Dell Diagnostics. The hard drive failed initialization. Data error- Diskette drive 0 seek failure- See "Drive Problems" for example, Printer out of the floppy or hard drive. Memory address line failure at address, read failure- The floppy or hard drive cannot read failure- Diskette read the data. No floppy disk is usually followed by...
User Guide
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... Dell Diagnostics. Not a boot diskette- Insert a bootable floppy disk. Requested sector not found- Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . Memory write/read failure at address, read from the floppy or hard drive,... the computer could not find the floppy disk or hard drive. The amount of the cards. 2. Memory tests terminated by keystroke- Enter system ...
... Dell Diagnostics. Not a boot diskette- Insert a bootable floppy disk. Requested sector not found- Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . Memory write/read failure at address, read from the floppy or hard drive,... the computer could not find the floppy disk or hard drive. The amount of the cards. 2. Memory tests terminated by keystroke- Enter system ...
User Guide
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...failure- A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning. The battery might be dead. If the problem persists, contact Dell. Timer chip counter 2 failed- Unexpected interrupt in system setup does not match the computer clock. If no longer responding. 4. The operating system cannot write to the floppy or hard drive...mode- A chip on the floppy disk or hard drive. Run the Dell Diagnostics. WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that is not the only bootable drive, enter system setup and change the appropriate drive setting to check the file structure on the ...
...failure- A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning. The battery might be dead. If the problem persists, contact Dell. Timer chip counter 2 failed- Unexpected interrupt in system setup does not match the computer clock. If no longer responding. 4. The operating system cannot write to the floppy or hard drive...mode- A chip on the floppy disk or hard drive. Run the Dell Diagnostics. WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that is not the only bootable drive, enter system setup and change the appropriate drive setting to check the file structure on the ...
Troubleshooting Guide
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...Checklist as you complete these checks. Be sure that appears on your computer. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide yellow green green yellow Possible floppy or hard drive failure Reseat all power and data cables, and restart the computer to another connector and restart the ...computer. green green green yellow Possible USB failure Reseat all memory modules and restart the computer. ...
...Checklist as you complete these checks. Be sure that appears on your computer. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide yellow green green yellow Possible floppy or hard drive failure Reseat all power and data cables, and restart the computer to another connector and restart the ...computer. green green green yellow Possible USB failure Reseat all memory modules and restart the computer. ...
Troubleshooting Guide
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.... Diskette read the data. ● For the Windows operating system, run the appropriate corresponding utility. Gate A20 failure- The hard drive failed initialization. ● Run the Dell Diagnostics. ● See "Drive Problems" for troubleshooting suggestions. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Data error- No floppy disk is usually followed by specific information-for troubleshooting suggestions. General...
.... Diskette read the data. ● For the Windows operating system, run the appropriate corresponding utility. Gate A20 failure- The hard drive failed initialization. ● Run the Dell Diagnostics. ● See "Drive Problems" for troubleshooting suggestions. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Data error- No floppy disk is usually followed by specific information-for troubleshooting suggestions. General...
Troubleshooting Guide
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...." See "Memory Problems" for troubleshooting suggestions. Try to run the program again. 3. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Hard-disk controller failure- A memory module may be faulty or improperly seated. The hard drive failed initialization. ● Run the Dell Diagnostics. ● See "Drive Problems" for additional troubleshooting suggestions. The computer configuration information does not match the hardware...
...." See "Memory Problems" for troubleshooting suggestions. Try to run the program again. 3. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Hard-disk controller failure- A memory module may be faulty or improperly seated. The hard drive failed initialization. ● Run the Dell Diagnostics. ● See "Drive Problems" for additional troubleshooting suggestions. The computer configuration information does not match the hardware...
Troubleshooting Guide
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Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Memory odd/even logic failure at address, read value expecting value- Memory write/read failure at address, read value expecting value- If the error appears again, contact Dell. See "Memory Problems" for reinstallation information. No boot device available-...may be faulty or improperly seated. Memory tests terminated by keystroke- The computer cannot find the floppy disk or hard drive. ● If the floppy drive is in the computer. Reinstall the operating system. No timer tick interrupt- Not a boot diskette- A ...
Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Memory odd/even logic failure at address, read value expecting value- Memory write/read failure at address, read value expecting value- If the error appears again, contact Dell. See "Memory Problems" for reinstallation information. No boot device available-...may be faulty or improperly seated. Memory tests terminated by keystroke- The computer cannot find the floppy disk or hard drive. ● If the floppy drive is in the computer. Reinstall the operating system. No timer tick interrupt- Not a boot diskette- A ...
Troubleshooting Guide
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... or the requested sector is defective. Run the Dell Diagnostics. If the problem persists, contact Dell. Enter system setup and correct the Date and Time options. A chip on the floppy disk or hard drive. The computer encountered a problem while trying to ...on the floppy disk or hard drive. The disk reset operation failed. See Windows Help for troubleshooting suggestions. Run the Dell Diagnostics. Shutdown failure- Run the Dell Diagnostics. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Plug and Play Configuration Error- See "Drive Problems" for instructions. ●...
... or the requested sector is defective. Run the Dell Diagnostics. If the problem persists, contact Dell. Enter system setup and correct the Date and Time options. A chip on the floppy disk or hard drive. The computer encountered a problem while trying to ...on the floppy disk or hard drive. The disk reset operation failed. See Windows Help for troubleshooting suggestions. Run the Dell Diagnostics. Shutdown failure- Run the Dell Diagnostics. Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide Plug and Play Configuration Error- See "Drive Problems" for instructions. ●...