Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Personal Computers
Changed – November 2000
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A.14 HARD DRIVE ERROR MESSAGES (19xx-xx)
Table A–13. Hard Drive Error Messages
Table A-13.
            Hard Drive Error Messages
Message Probable Cause Message  Probable Cause 
19xx-01  Drive not installed  19xx-21  Got servo pulses second time but not first 
19xx-02  Cartridge not installed  19xx-22  Never got to EOT after servo check 
19xx-03  Tape motion error  19xx-23  Change line unset 
19xx-04  Drive busy erro  19xx-24  Write-protect error 
19xx-05  Track seek error  19xx-25  Unable to erase cartridge 
19xx-06  Tape write-protect error  19xx-26  Cannot identify drive 
19xx-07  Tape already Servo Written  19xx-27  Drive not compatible with controller 
19xx-08  Unable to Servo Write  19xx-28  Format gap error 
19xx-09  Unable to format  19xx-30  Exception bit not set 
19xx-10  Format mode error  19xx-31  Unexpected drive status 
19xx-11  Drive recalibration error  19xx-32  Device fault 
19xx-12  Tape not Servo Written  19xx-33  Illegal command 
19xx-13  Tape not formatted  19xx-34  No data detected 
19xx-14  Drive time-out error  19xx-35  Power-on reset occurred 
19xx-15 Sensor error flag  19xx-36 Failed to set FLEX format mode 
19xx-16  Block locate (block ID) error  19xx-37  Failed to reset FLEX format mode 
19xx-17  Soft error limit exceeded  19xx-38  Data mismatch on directory track 
19xx-18  Hard error limit exceeded  19xx-39  Data mismatch on track 0 
19xx-19  Write (probably ID ) error  19xx-40  Failed self-test 
19xx-20 NEC fatal error  19xx-91 Power lost during test 
1900-xx = Tape ID test failed        1904-xx = Tape BOT/EOT test failed 
  1901-xx = Tape servo write failed      1905-xx = Tape read test failed 
  1902-xx = Tape format failed        1906-xx = Tape R/W compare test failed 
  1903-xx = Tape drive sensor test failed      1907-xx = Tape write-protect failed 
A.15 VIDEO (GRAPHICS) ERROR MESSAGES (24xx-xx)
Table A–14. Video (Graphics) Error Messages
Table A-14.
            Video (Graphics) Error Messages
Message Probable Cause Message  Probable Cause 
2402-01  Video memory test failed  2418-02  EGA shadow RAM test failed 
2403-01  Video attribute test failed  2419-01  EGA ROM checksum test failed 
2404-01  Video character set test failed  2420-01  EGA attribute test failed 
2405-01  80x25 mode, 9x14 cell test failed  2421-01  640x200 mode test failed 
2406-01  80x25 mode, 8x8 cell test failed  2422-01  640x350 16-color set test failed 
2407-01  40x25 mode test failed  2423-01  640x350 64-color set test failed 
2408-01  320x200 mode color set 0 test failed  2424-01  EGA Mono. text mode test failed 
2409-01  320x200 mode color set 1 test failed  2425-01  EGA Mono. graphics mode test failed 
2410-01  640x200 mode test failed  2431-01  640x480 graphics mode test failed 
2411-01  Screen memory page test failed  2432-01  320x200 256-color set test failed 
2412-01  Gray scale test failed  2448-01  Advanced VGA controller test failed 
2414-01  White screen test failed  2451-01  132-column AVGA test failed 
2416-01  Noise pattern test failed  2456-01  AVGA 256-color test failed 
2417-01  Lightpen text test failed, no response  2458-xx  AVGA BitBLT test failed 
2417-02 Lightpen text test failed, invalid response  2468-xx AVGA DAC test failed 
2417-03  Lightpen graphics test failed, no resp.  2477-xx  AVGA data path test failed 
2417-04  Lightpen graphics tst failed, invalid resp.  2478-xx  AVGA BitBLT test failed 
2418-01  EGA memory test failed  2480-xx  AVGA linedraw test failed