The LCD scrolls a message that includes a status code followed by descriptive text. The following section lists the LCD status messages that can occur and the probable cause for each message. The LCD messages refer to events recorded in the System Event Log (SEL). For information on the SEL and configuring system management settings, see the systems management documentation.

NOTE: If your system fails to boot, press the System ID button for at least five seconds until an error code appears on the LCD. Record the code, then check it here or see Getting Help on Dell.com.

The following lines will should each error in a two-line mode, the first line indicates the appeared Error code and Text, and the second line is a case explaination.

N/A – SYSTEM NAME
Causes: A 62-character string that can be defined by the user in the System Setup program. The SYSTEM NAME displays under the following conditions:
* The system is powered on.
* The power is off and active POST errors are displayed.

E1000 – FAILSAFE, Call Support
Causes: SORRY

E1114 – Temp Ambient
Causes: Ambient system temperature is out of acceptable range.

E1116 – Temp Memory
Causes: Memory has exceeded acceptable temperature and has been disabled to prevent damage to the components.

E12nn – xx PwrGd
Causes: Specified voltage regulator has failed.

E1210 – CMOS Batt
Causes: CMOS battery is missing, or the voltage is out of acceptable range.

E1211 – ROMB Batt
Causes: RAID battery is either missing, bad, or unable to recharge due to thermal issues.

E1229 – CPU # VCORE
Causes: Processor # VCORE voltage regulator has failed.

E1310 – RPM Fan ##
Causes: RPM of specified cooling fan is out of acceptable operating range.

E1313 – Fan Redundancy
Causes: The system is no longer fan-redundant. Another fan failure will put the system at risk of over-heating.

E1410 – CPU # IERR
Causes: Specified microprocessor is reporting an internal error.

E1414 – CPU # Thermtrip
Causes: Specified microprocessor is out of acceptable temperature range and has halted operation.

E1418 – CPU # Presence
Causes: Specified processor is missing or bad, and the system is in an unsupported configuration.

E141C – CPU Mismatch
Causes: Processors are in a configuration unsupported by Dell.

E141F – CPU Protocol
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a processor protocol error.

E1420 – CPU Bus PERR
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a processor bus parity error.

E1421 – CPU Init
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a processor initialization error.

E1422 – CPU Machine Chk
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a machine check error.

E1610 – PS # Missing
Causes: No power is available from the specified power supply; specified power supply is improperly installed or faulty.

E1614 – PS # Status
Causes: No power is available from the specified power supply; specified power supply is improperly installed or faulty.

E1618 – PS # Predictive
Causes: Power supply voltage is out of acceptable range; specified power supply is improperly installed or faulty.

E161C – PS # Input Lost
Causes: Power source for specified power supply is unavailable, or out of acceptable range.

E1620 – PS # Input Range
Causes: Power source for specified power supply is unavailable, or out of acceptable range.

E1624 – PS Redundancy
Causes: The power supply subsystem is no longer redundant. If the last supply fails, the system will go down.

E1710 – I/O Channel Chk
Causes: The system BIOS has reported an I/O channel check.

E1711 – PCI PERR B## D## F## PCI PERR Slot #
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a PCI parity error on a component that resides in PCI configuration space at bus ##, device ##, function ##. The system BIOS has reported a PCI parity error on a component that resides in the specified PCI slot.

E1712 – PCI SERR B## D## F## PCI SERR Slot #
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a PCI system error on a component that resides in PCI configuration space at bus ##, device ##, function ##. The system BIOS has reported a PCI system error on a component that resides in the specified slot.

E1714 – Unknown Err
Causes: The system BIOS has determined that there has been an error in the system, but is unable to determine its origin.

E171F – PCIE Fatal Err B## D## F## PCIE Fatal Err Slot #
Causes: The system BIOS has reported a PCIe fatal error on a component that resides in PCI configuration space at bus ##, device ##, function ##.
The system BIOS has reported a PCIe fatal error on a component that resides in the specified slot.

E1810 – HDD ## Fault
Causes: The SAS subsystem has determined that hard drive ## has experienced a fault.

E1811 – HDD ## Rbld Abrt
Causes: The specified hard drive has experienced a rebuild abort.

E1812 – HDD ## Removed
Causes: The specified hard drive has been removed from the system.

E1913 – CPU & Firmware Mismatch
Causes: The BMC firmware does not support the CPU.

E1A11 – PCI Rsr Config
Causes: PCI risers are not configured correctly; some invalid configurations may prevent the system from powering on.

E1A12 – PCI Rsr Missing
Causes: One or all of the PCI risers is missing, preventing the system from powering on.

E1A14 – SAS Cable A
Causes: SAS cable A is missing or bad.

E1A15 – SAS Cable B
Causes: SAS cable B is missing or bad.

E2010 – No Memory
Causes: No memory is installed in the system.

E2011 – Mem Config Err
Causes: Memory detected, but is not configurable. Error detected during memory configuration.

E2012 – Unusable Memory
Causes: Memory is configured, but not usable. Memory subsystem failure.

E2013 – Shadow BIOS Fail
Causes: The system BIOS failed to copy its flash image into memory.

E2014 – CMOS Fail
Causes: CMOS failure. CMOS RAM not functioning properly.

E2015 – DMA Controller
Causes: DMA controller failure.

E2016 – Int Controller
Causes: Interrupt controller failure.

E2017 – Timer Fail
Causes: Timer refresh failure.

E2018 – Prog Timer
Causes: Programmable interval timer error.

E2019 – Parity Error
Causes: Parity error.

E201A – SIO Err
Causes: SIO failure.

E201B – Kybd Controller
Causes: Keyboard controller failure.

E201C – SMI Init
Causes: System management interrupt (SMI) initialization failure.

E201D – Shutdown Test
Causes: BIOS shutdown test failure.

E201E – POST Mem Test
Causes: BIOS POST memory test failure.

E201F – DRAC Config
Causes: Dell remote access controller (DRAC) configuration failure.

E2020 – CPU Config
Causes: CPU configuration failure.

E2021 – Memory Population
Causes: Incorrect memory configuration. Memory population order incorrect.

E2022 – POST Fail
Causes: General failure after video.

E2110 – MBE Crd # DIMM ## & ##
Causes: One of the DIMMs in the set implicated by “## & ##” has had a memory multi-bit error (MBE). If no memory card is present, the “Crd #” string is left out of the message.

E2111 – SBE Log Disable Crd # DIMM ##
Causes: The system BIOS has disabled memory single-bit error (SBE) logging, and will not resume logging further SBEs until the system is rebooted. “##” represents the DIMM implicated by the BIOS. If no memory riser card is present, the “Crd #” string is left out of the message.

E2112 – Mem Spare Crd # DIMM ##
Causes: The system BIOS has spared the memory because it has determined that the memory had too many errors. “## & ##” represents the DIMM pair implicated by the BIOS. If no memory card is present, the “Crd #” string is left out of the message.

E2113 – Mem Mirror Crd # DIMM ## & ##
Causes: The system BIOS has disabled memory mirroring because it has determined that one half of the mirror has had too many errors. “## & ##” represents the DIMM pair implicated by the BIOS. If no memory card is present, the “Crd #” string is left out of the message.

E2118 – Fatal NB Mem CRC
Causes: One of the connections in the Fully Buffered DIMM (FBD) memory subsystem link on the Northbound side has failed.

E2119 – Fatal SB Mem CRC
Causes: One of the connections in the FBD memory subsystem link on the Southbound side has failed.

I1910 – Intrusion
Causes: System cover has been removed.

I1911 – >3 ERRs Chk Log
Causes: LCD overflow message. A maximum of three error messages can display sequentially on the LCD. The fourth message displays as the standard overflow message.

I1912 – SEL Full
Causes: System Event Log is full of events, and is unable to log any more events.

W1228 – ROMB Batt < 24hr
Causes: Warns predictively that the RAID battery has less than 24 hours of charge left.

Please note that, more details are always available at Dell’s official support website. You can also submit a request for help at our hardware forum.