Solid Amber – The system is
unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power
supply or another device in the system is failing.
Blinking Amber – The system is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the
power supply is normal but another device in the system is failing
or not installed properly.
NOTE: To determine the device that is failing, see the light
patterns .
Off – System is in hibernation
or turned off.
The power status light blinks amber along with beep
codes indicating failures.
For example, the power status light blinks amber two
times followed by a pause, and then blinks white three times followed
by a pause. This 2,3 pattern continues until the computer is turned
off indicating the Recovery image is not found.
The following table shows different light patterns
and what they indicate:
Table 1. Diagnostic LED/Beep codesThe following table shows different light patterns
and what they indicate:
LED # of Flashes
Problem description
Faults
2,1
Faulty system board
Faulty system board
2,2
Faulty system board, power supply unit (PSU), or cabling
Faulty system board, power supply unit (PSU), or cabling
2,3
Faulty system board, CPU, or DIMMS
Faulty system board, power supply unit (PSU), or DIMMS
2,4
Faulty coin cell battery
Faulty coin cell battery
2,5
BIOS Recovery
AutoRecovery trigger, recovery image is not found or is invalid
2,6
CPU
CPU Error
2,7
Memory
Memory SPD failure
3,3
Memory
No memory detected
3,5
Memory
Modules incompatible or invalid configuration
3,6
BIOS Recovery
On-demand trigger, recovery image is not found
3,7
BIOS Recovery
On-demand trigger, recovery image is invalid
The system may emit a series of beeps during start-up
if the errors or problems cannot be displayed. The repetitive beep
codes help the user troubleshoot problems with the system.
Camera status light: Indicates
whether the camera is in use.
Solid white
– Camera is in use.
Off – Camera
is not in use.
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