Dell Vostro 270 Owner's Manual

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Power LED Light Status Possible Cause Troubleshooting Steps• If the display is connectedand turned on, listen for abeep code.Diagnostic Beep CodesTable 9. Beep Codes with Cause and Troubleshooting StepsBeep Possible Cause Troubleshooting Steps1 BIOS ROM checksum in progress offailure.System board failure, covers BIOScorruption or ROM error2 No RAM detected No memory detected3 • Chipset Error (Intel B75Chipset, DMA/IMR/TimerError for Intel platform);Chipset error• Time-Of-Day Clock test failure• Gate A20 failure• Super I/O chip failure• Keyboard controller testfailureSystem board failure4 RAM Read/Write failure Memory failure5 RTC Power Fail COMS battery failure6 Video BIOS Test failure Video card failure7 Processor failure Processor failureDiagnostic Error MessagesError Messages DescriptionAUXILIARY DEVICE FAILURE The touch pad or external mouse may be faulty. For anexternal mouse, check the cable connection. Enable thePointing Device option in the system setup program.BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, putspaces in the proper place, and used the correctpathname.CACHE DISABLED DUE TO FAILURE The primary cache internal to the microprocessor hasfailed. Contact Dell.CD DRIVE CONTROLLER FAILURE The optical drive does not respond to commands from thecomputer.DATA ERROR The hard drive cannot read the data.42