What does this failure ID code mean? otsmuo-8kn9sm-mfpuqj-6o52o3

[krisHD]

I got this failure ID code and I don't know what it means

[Dragon-Fur]

@krisHD 

It does not appear to mean anything.

"Checksum" error is all I get from it.

Also tried changing the "o" to "0" (zeros).

Nothing useful.

Normally, one might see a tiny bit of text that indicates the problem area.

For example,

disk failure

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[krisHD]

It did say disk failure

[Dragon-Fur]

@krisHD 

OK.

The code would not provide any more useful information that what you now know.  Most of the information is only useful to HP. 

Solutions here:

HP Notebook PCs - Boot Device Not Found Error or Hard Drive Not Detected

and

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Testing for Hardware Failures

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HP PCs and Tablets - About UEFI and the Startup Menu

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[krisHD]

Thank you for your help!

[Dragon-Fur]

@krisHD 

You are welcome.

Good Luck.

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