NOTE: The system diagnostic lights and the power-status light are at the power button (Alienhead).
NOTE: The color of the status lights depends on the configuration set in the Alienware Control Center (AWCC).
Power-status light: Indicates the power status.
Solid
Computer is turned on.
Power adapter is connected, and the battery has less than ten percent charge.
Breathe—Computer is in sleep state.
Off—Computer is in hibernation or turned off.
The power-status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating failures.
For example, the power light blinks red two times followed by a pause, and then blinks blue 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 light patterns and associated problems.
Table 1. LED codesLED light codes for component issues/failure in the product.
Diagnostic light codes
Problem description
2,1
Processor failure
2,2
System board: BIOS or Read-Only Memory (ROM) failure
2,3
No memory or Random-Access Memory (RAM) detected
2,4
Memory or Random-Access Memory (RAM) failure
2,5
Invalid memory installed
2,6
System board or chipset error
2,7
Display failure
3,1
Coin-cell battery failure
3,2
PCI, video card/chip failure
3,3
Recovery image not found
3,4
Recovery image found but invalid
3,5
Power-rail failure
3,6
System BIOS Flash incomplete
3,7
Management Engine (ME) error
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.
Solid—Camera is in use.
Off—Camera is not in use.
Caps Lock status light: Indicates whether Caps Lock is enabled or disabled.
Solid—Caps Lock enabled.
Off—Caps Lock disabled.
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