Inspiron 3880 Service Manual

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System diagnostic lights

Power-supply diagnostics light

Indicates the power-supply state.

Hard-drive activity light

Turns on when the computer reads from or writes to the hard drive.

Table 1. Diagnostic-light codesDiagnostic-light codes for component issues or failure in the product.
Diagnostic light codes (Amber, white)	Problem description
1,2	Unrecoverable SPI Flash Failure
2,1	CPU failure
2,2	System board failure, corrupt BIOS, ROM error
2,3	No memory/RAM detected
2,4	Memory/RAM failure
2,5	Invalid Memory installed
2,6	System board error, chipset error, clock failure, gate A20 failure, super I/O failure, keyboard controller failure
3,1	CMOS battery failure
3,2	PCIe or video card/chip failure
3,3	BIOS recovery image not found
3,4	BIOS recovery image found but invalid
3,5	Power Rail Failure
3,6	Paid SPI volume error
3,7	Intel ME (Management Engine) error
4,2	CPU power cable connection issue