POST Numeric Codes and Text Messages
This section covers those POST errors that have numeric codes associated with them. The section also
includes some text messages that may be encountered during POST.
NOTE The computer will beep once after a POST text message is displayed on the screen.
Table A-1 Numeric Codes and Text Messages
Control panel message Description Recommended action
101-Option ROM Checksum Error System ROM or expansion board option
ROM checksum.
1. Verify the correct ROM.
2. Flash the ROM if needed.
3. If an expansion board was recently
added, remove it to see if the problem
remains.
4. Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B,
Password Security and Resetting
CMOS.)
5. If the message disappears, there may
be a problem with the expansion card.
6. Replace the system board.
103-System Board Failure DMA or timers. 1. Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B,
Password Security and Resetting
CMOS.)
2. Remove expansion boards.
3. Replace the system board.
110-Out of Memory Space for Option ROMs Recently added PCI expansion card contains
an option ROM too large to download during
POST.
1. If a PCI expansion card was recently
added, remove it to see if the problem
remains.
2. In Computer Setup, set Advanced >
Device Options > NIC PXE Option
ROM Download to DISABLE to prevent
PXE option ROM for the internal NIC
from being downloaded during POST to
free more memory for an expansion
card's option ROM. Internal PXE option
ROM is used for booting from the NIC to
a PXE server.
3. Ensure the ACPI/USB Buffers @ Top of
Memory setting in Computer Setup is
enabled.
162-System Options Not Set Configuration incorrect.
RTC (real-time clock) battery may need to
be replaced.
Run Computer Setup and check the
configuration in Advanced > Onboard
Devices.
Reset the date and time under Control
Panel. If the problem persists, replace the
RTC battery. See the Hardware Reference
Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics
CD for instructions on installing a new battery,
50 Appendix A POST Error Messages ENWW
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