Dell Inspiron 3700 Manual page 5

failure at
address, read
value expecting
value
Memory odd/even
logic failure at
address, read
value expecting
value
Memory write/read
failure at
address, read
value expecting
value
No boot device
available
No boot sector on
hard-disk drive
No timer tick
interrupt
Non-system disk
or disk error
Not a boot
diskette
Optional ROM bad
checksum
Sector not found
improperly seated.
An installed memory
module may be faulty or
improperly seated.
An installed memory
module may be faulty or
improperly seated.
The computer cannot find
the diskette or hard-disk
drive.
The operating system may
be corrupted.
A chip on the system
board may be
malfunctioning.
The diskette in drive A or
your hard-disk drive does
not have a bootable
operating system installed
on it.
There is no operating
system on the diskette.
The optional ROM
apparently failed.
The operating system
cannot locate a sector on
the diskette or hard-disk
drive. You probably have
a bad sector or corrupted
file allocation table ( FAT)
on the diskette or hard-
disk drive.
Reseat the memory modules
and, if necessary, replace them.
Reseat the memory modules
and, if necessary, replace them.
If the diskette drive is your boot
device, make sure that there is a
bootable diskette in the drive. If
the hard-disk drive is your boot
device, make sure that the drive
is installed, properly seated, and
partitioned as a boot device.
Reinstall your operating system.
See the documentation that
came with your operating
system.
Run the System Board Devices
tests in the Dell Diagnostics.
If you are trying to boot from the
diskette, replace it with one that
has a bootable operating system.
Boot the computer with a
diskette that contains an
operating system.
Call Dell for technical assistance.
Run the appropriate utility to
check the file structure on the
diskette or hard-disk drive. If a
large number of sectors are
defective, back up the data (if
possible), and then reformat the
diskette or hard-disk drive.