Compaq Service Reference Guide J-9
Special Error Codes
This section includes the error codes for the following devices:
!"SCSI hard drives
!"SCSI tape drives
!"SCSI PD-CD drives
!"All CD-ROM drives
The SCSI error codes consist of three components, AABB-CC, where
AA = Device Name
BB = Test Name
CC = Error Code
For example, a diagnostic error code of 6523-05 indicates that the diagnostics program was
testing the hard drive random-read function and received a seek failure. The device is faulty and
must be replaced.
Device Names
65XX-XX Hard Drive
66XX-XX CD-ROM Drive and PD-CD Drive
67XX-XX Tape Drive
Test Names
XX00-XX ID
XX05-XX Read
XX06-XX SA/Media
XX08-XX Controller
XX09-XX Media erase
XX23-XX Random read
XX28-XX Media load/unload