Solid white — Power adapter is connected and
the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
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. 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 ROM (Read-Only Memory) failure
2,3
No memory or RAM (Random-Access Memory) detected
2,4
Memory or RAM (Random-Access Memory) failure
2,5
Invalid memory installed
2,6
System-board or chipset error
2,7
Display failure
2,8
LCD power rail failure
3,1
Coin-cell battery failure
3,2
PCI, video card/chip failure
3,3
BIOS Recovery image not found
3,4
BIOS Recovery image found but invalid
3,5
EC ran into power sequencing failure
3,6
System BIOS Flash incomplete
3,7
Management Engine (ME) error
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.
Solid white — Caps Lock enabled.
Off — Caps Lock disabled.
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