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BC 4030
Appendix C - Hard Disk Utility Error
Hard Disk Utility Error Messages
Messages
The following messages may appear during execution of the Hard Disk Utility section of the AMI HiFlex BIOS Setup Program.
The first group of errors listed below may appear during the initialization process.
No Hard Disk Installed
The program could not find a hard disk drive installed on the system. This message appears if there is no hard disk on the system and the user has chosen to run the Hard Disk Utility.
FATAL ERROR Bad Hard Disk
The program is not getting a response from the hard disk, or the hard disk is not repairable. Check all cable and power connections to the hard disk.
Hard Disk Controller Failure
The program is getting an error response from the reset command sent to the hard disk controller. Check to see that the controller is seated properly in the BUS slot.
C: (D:) Hard Disk Failure
The hard disk drive (C: or D:) is not responding to commands sent to it by the program. Check power and cable connections to the hard disk.
The errors listed below may appear during operations.
Undefined Error
Command Aborted
An error condition has occurred which the program cannot identify.
Address Mark Not Found
The address mark (initial address) on the hard disk could not be found by the program.
Requested Sector Not Found
The sector currently requested on the hard disk could not be found.
Reset Failed
The program issued a reset command to the hard disk, but this command did not properly reset the hard disk.
Drive Parameter Activity Failed
The program has sent a reset command to the controller, followed by the drive parameters. Using the parameters sent to it, the controller is not getting a response from the hard disk drive. Check to see if the drive type selected in the Standard CMOS Setup is correct for the disk drive being used.
Bad Sector Flag Detected
The program has tried to perform an operation on a sector which has been flagged as bad.
Bad ECC on Disk Read
When the program attempts to write to the disk, it also calculates an ECC (Error Correction Code) value for the data being written. This ECC value is written to the drive and then read back. If the value read back is different from the one calculated, then this error will occur.
ECC Corrected Data Error
The ECC (Error Correction Code) value read from the disk is not the same value which was written to the disk; therefore, the program assumes that the data is not correct. It then attempts to correct the data, but the ECC value is not corrected. In this situation, this message appears.
Controller Has Failed
The program has issued a diagnostic command to the controller, which has failed; therefore, the controller has failed as well.
Seek Operation Failed
The program has issued a seek command to the drive and this operation has failed. A seek operation is the act of finding a particular sector on the hard disk.
Attachment Failed to Respond
No response has been received from the hard disk drive. This message appears if an operation has already begun and the hard disk does not respond, when it had responded earlier.
Drive Not Ready
The program is trying to perform an operation on the hard disk drive, and it has waited beyond a preset specified time limit. This situation is known as a timeout.
Write Fault on Selected Drive
A write fault has occurred during the write operation on the hard disk drive.
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