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- Device drivers
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
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Power status light: Indicates the power status.
Solid Amber – The computer is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power supply or another device in the computer is failing.
Blinking Amber – The computer is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power supply is normal but another device in the computer is failing or not installed properly.
Off – Computer 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:
Light pattern | Problem description |
---|---|
2,1 | CPU failure |
2,3 | No memory/RAM detected |
2,4 | Memory or RAM failure |
2,5 | Invalid memory installed |
2,7 | Display failure |
3,1 | CMOS battery failure |
3,3 | BIOS recovery image not found |
3,4 | BIOS recovery image found but invalid |
3,5 | Power sequencing failure |
3,6 | Flash corruption detected by SBIOS |
3,7 | Timeout waiting on ME to reply to HECI message |
The computer 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 computer.
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.