Last couple of days on first bootup got:

Error 0x40
Boot linux-2.6.23......?

1st time, I hit reset and bootup up normally
Today, I hit return.
Got a partial bios check .....
Got the error again.
Hit return
Got a complete bios check and things ran normally.

What is the problem and how to correct?


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On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:46:21 +0300, David Baron (d_baron@012.net.il) wrote:

> Last couple of days on first bootup got:
>
> Error 0x40
> Boot linux-2.6.23......?
>
> 1st time, I hit reset and bootup up normally
> Today, I hit return.
> Got a partial bios check .....
> Got the error again.
> Hit return
> Got a complete bios check and things ran normally.
>
> What is the problem and how to correct?

The first Google result for "Error 0x40" is:

http://www2.uic.edu/~aciani1/sector_blues.html which suggest a bad
hard drive sector.

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