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  2. Abort, Retry, Fail? - Wikipedia

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    In CP/M, attempting to read a floppy disk drive with the door open would hang until a disk was inserted and the disk drive door was closed (very early disk hardware did not send any kind of signal until a disk was spinning, and a timeout to detect the lack of signal required too much code on these tiny systems). Many users of CP/M became ...

  3. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    initialize, size, and verify system main memory; initialize BIOS; pass control to other specialized extension BIOSes (if installed) identify, organize, and select which devices are available for booting; The functions above are served by the POST in all BIOS versions back to the very first. In later BIOS versions, POST will also: initialize chipset

  4. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    Read/write head from circa-1998 Fujitsu 3.5" hard disk (approx. 2.0 mm x 3.0 mm) Microphotograph of an older generation hard disk drive head and slider (1990s) Noises from an old hard drive while attempting to read data from bad sectors. During normal operation, heads in HDDs fly above the data recorded on the disks.

  5. Unified Diagnostic Services - Wikipedia

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    0x11 03 Soft Reset allows the initialization of certain program units and their storage structures. Again, there are reserved values that can be defined for vehicle manufacturers and vehicle suppliers specific use. 0x14 0x54 Clear Diagnostic Information Clears diagnostic trouble codes (DTC's) from ECU memory.

  6. List of Microsoft Windows components - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 Version 1507 Windows 10 Version 1511 Feedback Hub: Windows Help and Support Online and offline reference manual for troubleshooting. Utility Windows Me: Windows 8.1: Microsoft Tips or Get Started: HyperTerminal: Communication utility based on a low end version of HyperACCESS: Communication Windows 95: Windows XP — Hold 'Em

  7. Error code - Wikipedia

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  8. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Windows 2000 used its built-in kernel mode font, Windows XP, Vista, and 7 use the Lucida Console font, and Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 used the Segoe UI font. BSoDs on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are rendered in higher resolutions than previous versions of Windows, where it uses the highest screen resolution available on UEFI machines.

  9. ELM327 - Wikipedia

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    The ELM327 is a programmed microcontroller produced for translating the on-board diagnostics (OBD) interface found in most modern cars. The ELM327 command protocol is one of the most popular PC-to-OBD interface standards and is also implemented by other vendors.