Power and battery-status light
Indicates the power and battery-charge status.
Solid white—Power adapter is connected and
the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
Solid amber—Computer is running on battery and
the battery has less than 5 percent charge.
Off
-
Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully
charged.
-
Computer is running on battery and the battery has
more than 5 percent charge.
-
Computer is in sleep state, hibernation, or turned
off.
The power and battery-status light blinks amber along
with beep codes indicating failures.
For example, the power and battery-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 no memory or RAM is detected.
The following table shows different power and battery-status
light patterns and associated problems.
Table 1. Diagnostics.
The following table provides the different light
patterns and what they indicate.
Light pattern |
Problem description |
2,1
|
CPU failure |
2,2
|
System board: BIOS and ROM failure |
2,3
|
No memory or RAM detected |
2,4
|
Memory or RAM failure |
2,5
|
Invalid memory installed |
2,6
|
System board or chipset error |
2,7
|
LCD failure |
3,1
|
CMOS battery failure |
3,2
|
PCI or video card or chip failure |
3,3
|
Recovery image not found |
3,4
|
Recovery image found but invalid |
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera
is in use.
-
Solid white—Camera is in use.
-
Off—Camera is not in use.
Caps Lock status light: Indicates whether Caps
Lock is enabled or disabled.
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Solid white—Caps Lock enabled.
-
Off—Caps Lock disabled.