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SYSTEM ID is a unique name, five characters or less, defined by the user.

SYSTEM NAME is a unique name, 16 characters or less, defined by the user.

The system ID and name display under the following conditions:

This message is for information only.

You can change the system ID and name in the System Setup program. See your system's User's Guide for instructions.

LCD overflow message.

A maximum of three error messages can display sequentially on the LCD. The fourth message displays as the standard overflow message.

Check the SEL for details on the events.

Ambient system temperature is out of acceptable range.

See "Troubleshooting System Cooling" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Backplane board is out of acceptable temperature range.

Specified microprocessor is out of acceptable temperature range.

See "Troubleshooting System Cooling" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, ensure that the microprocessor heat sinks are properly installed (see "Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor" in "Installing System Options").

System board is out of acceptable temperature range.

See "Troubleshooting System Cooling" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

System power supply is out of acceptable voltage range; faulty or improperly installed power supply.

See "Troubleshooting Power Supplies" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty battery; faulty system board.

See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Backplane board is out of acceptable voltage range.

Ensure that the power cables are securely connected to the backplane board (see "Installing Drives"). If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Power Supplies" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Microprocessor VRM voltage is out of acceptable range; faulty or improperly installed microprocessor VRM; faulty system board.

Ensure that supported VRMs of the same type are properly installed. If the problem persists, replace the VRMs (see Figure 6-9). If the problem persists, see "Getting Help."

Integrated NIC voltage is out of acceptable range; faulty or improperly installed power supply; faulty system board.

See "Troubleshooting Power Supplies" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

System board is out of acceptable voltage range; faulty or improperly installed system board.

Specified microprocessor VRM is faulty, unsupported, improperly installed, or missing.

Ensure that supported VRMs of the same type are properly installed. If the problem persists, replace the VRM (see Figure 6-9 in "Installing System Options").

Faulty or improperly installed expansion card.

See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Specified cooling fan is faulty, improperly installed, or missing.

See "Troubleshooting a Cooling Fan" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Microprocessor is not installed in socket 1.

Install a microprocessor in socket 1 (see "Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor" in "Installing System Options"). To identify microprocessor socket 1, see Figure A-3.

Faulty or improperly installed microprocessor.

See "Troubleshooting a Microprocessor" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Specified microprocessor is out of acceptable temperature range and has halted operation.

See "Troubleshooting System Cooling" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, ensure that the microprocessor heat sinks are properly installed (see "Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor" in "Installing System Options").

Faulty or improperly installed microprocessor.

See "Troubleshooting a Microprocessor" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

SMI handler failed to initialize; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Specified microprocessor is out of acceptable temperature range and is operating at a reduced speed, or frequency.

See "Troubleshooting System Cooling" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, ensure that the microprocessor heat sinks are properly installed (see "Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor" in "Installing System Options").

No power available from the specified power supply; specified power supply is improperly installed or faulty.

See "Troubleshooting Power Supplies" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Insufficient power is being supplied to the system; power supplies are improperly installed, faulty, or missing.

See "Troubleshooting Power Supplies" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Correctable errors threshold was met in a memory bank: errors were remapped to the spare row.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Memory modules installed in the specified bank are not the same type and size; faulty memory module(s).

Ensure that all banks contain memory modules of the same type and size and that they are properly installed. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Parity failure in the first 64 KB of main memory.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Main-memory refresh verification failure.

Ensure that all banks contain memory modules of the same type and size and that they are properly installed. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Multiple single-bit errors on a single memory module.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty or improperly installed hard drive or RAID controller.

See "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" and "Troubleshooting a RAID Controller Card" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

CMOS write/read failure; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Microprocessor speed control sequence failure.

See "Getting Help."

DMA initialization failure; DMA page register write/read failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Faulty keyboard controller; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Main-memory refresh verification failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Master or slave PIC register test failure.

See "Getting Help."

BIOS-shadowing failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Shutdown test failure.

Super I/O chip failure; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Programmable interval timer test failure; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Faulty or improperly installed expansion card.

See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Specified microprocessor is faulty, unsupported, improperly installed, or missing.

See "Troubleshooting a Microprocessor" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

BIOS disabled logging errors.

Check the SEL for details on the errors.

Faulty or improperly installed expansion card; faulty system board.

See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty or improperly installed microprocessor or system board.

See "Troubleshooting a Microprocessor" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, see "Getting Help."

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Machine check error; faulty or improperly installed microprocessor; faulty system board.

See "Troubleshooting a Microprocessor" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Faulty or improperly installed memory module; faulty system board.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Operating system watchdog timer timed out.

Restart your system. If the problem persists, see your operating system documentation.

Remote access controller firmware failure; faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

BIOS error.

Update the BIOS firmware (see "Getting Help").

Faulty or improperly installed backplane board.

Ensure that the interface cables are securely connected to the backplane board (see "Installing Drives"). If the problem persists, see "Getting Help."

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see "Abbreviations and Acronyms."