In this article you can find the main error messages for AMIBIOS and AwardBIOS.
| Secondary Master Hard Disk Fail;
Secondary Slave Hard Disk Fail |
An error of the hard disk connected to IDE channel Secondary Master or Secondary Slave. |
| Secondary Master Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad
Secondary Slave Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad |
Self-test function of hard disks S.M.A.R.T. warns about a possible failure of the drives connected to Secondary Master or Secondary Slave channel. |
| Software Port NMI Inoperational | An error of NMI interruption. |
| Serial Presence Detect (SPD) device data missing or inconclusive | Misread data from SPD chip where the parameters of operating memory are stored. |
| System Halted, (Ctrl-Alt-Del) to reboot | The system was halted because of a serious error. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del will allow rebooting the computer. |
| Unknown PCI error | Unknown PCI bus error. It is necessary to check functioning of all PCI-devices. |
| Update Failed;
Update OK |
This message occurs after the system configuration update and shows its successful (Update OK) or unsuccessful (Update Failed) ending. |
| VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? | The system has found signs of virus activity, for example an attempt to format the cylinder/head/sector of the hard disk. A user may press Y to continue operation or N to finish it. |
| Warning! CPU has been changed or Overclock fail;
Warning! No system is in Safe Mode. Please reset overcklocking Features in the Setup Menu |
The system boots in safe mode after unsuccessful attempt to overclock the computer. Check for speed value of the system bus and processor multiplying ratio. |
| Your computer case had been opened. Press SPACE to continue;
Intruder Detection Error |
Some systems have got a function which controls case opening in the system block. If the case had been opened, you will see this message on your display and may continue booting by pressing SPACE. |