Troubleshooting Wyse 3040 Thin Client Power LED Amber Error Code

Affected Products:

• Wyse 3040

Units experience a power LED display error code flash cycle of three amber LEDs, followed by one amber LED. LED error flash cycle repeats three times, followed by one long amber LED, and then continues to POST (turn on self-test).

Thin client display's the following error messages during POST:

Invalid configuration information - please run SETUP program.

Time-of-day not set - please run SETUP program.

Press F1 key to retry boot.
Press F2 key for setup utility.
Press F5 key to run onboard diagnostics.

A manufacturing design is the cause of the issue, where WIFI antenna wires are routed on top of the CLEAR CMOS button on the motherboard.

To recover, press F1 to retry boot, and the error message goes away.