Dell PP29L Owner's Manual

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Troubleshooting 83AU X I L I A R Y D E V I C E F A I L U R E — The touch pad or external mouse may be faulty.For an external mouse, check the cable connection. Enable the Pointing Deviceoption in the system setup program (see "Using the System Setup Program"on page 141). If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" onpage 132).BA D C O M M A N D O R F I L E N A M E — Ensure that you have spelled the commandcorrectly, put spaces in the proper place, and used the correct pathname.CA C H E D I S A B L E D D U E T O F A I L U R E — The primary cache internal to themicroprocessor has failed. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 132).CD D R I V E C O N T R O L L E R F A I L U R E — The CD drive does not respond tocommands from the computer (see "Drive Problems" on page 79).DA T A E R R O R — The hard drive cannot read the data (see "Drive Problems" onpage 79).DE C R E A S I N G A V A I L A B L E M E M O R Y — One or more memory modules may befaulty or improperly seated. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary,replace them (see "Memory" on page 116).DI S K C: F A I L E D I N I T I A L I Z A T I O N — The hard drive failed initialization. Run thehard drive tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 75).DR I V E N O T R E A D Y — The operation requires a hard drive in the bay before itcan continue. Install a hard drive in the hard drive bay (see "Hard Drive" onpage 109).ER R O R R E A D I N G PCMCIA C A R D — The computer cannot identify theExpressCard. Reinsert the card or try another card (see "Using Cards" onpage 61).EX T E N D E D M E M O R Y S I Z E H A S C H A N G E D — The amount of memory recorded inNVRAM does not match the memory installed in the computer. Restart thecomputer. If the error appears again, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" onpage 132).TH E F I L E B E I N G C O P I E D I S T O O L A R G E F O R T H E D E S T I N A T I O N D R I V E — The filethat you are trying to copy is too large to fit on the disk, or the disk is full. Trycopying the file to a different disk or use a larger capacity disk.A F I L E N A M E C A N N O T C O N T A I N A N Y O F T H E F O L L O W I N G C H A R A C T E R S : \ / : * ? “ <> | — Do not use these characters in filenames.GA T E A20 F A I L U R E — A memory module may be loose. Reinstall the memorymodules and, if necessary, replace them (see "Memory" on page 116).