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This section details the diagnostic features of the battery LED in a notebook.
The system will not shutdown when displaying the Diagnostic Error Codes. Diagnostic Error Codes will always supersede any other use of the LED. For instance, on Notebooks, battery codes for Low Battery or Battery Failure situations will not be displayed when Diagnostic Error Codes are being displayed:
Blinking pattern | Problem Description | Suggested Resolution | |
---|---|---|---|
Amber | White | ||
2 | 1 | processor | processor failure |
2 | 2 | system board, BIOS ROM | system board, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error |
2 | 3 | memory | no memory/no RAM detected |
2 | 4 | memory | memory failure/RAM failure |
2 | 5 | memory | invalid memory installed |
2 | 6 | system board; chipset | system board/ chipset error |
2 | 7 | display | display failure |
3 | 1 | RTC power failure | coin-cell battery failure |
3 | 2 | PCI/Video | PCI/Video card/chip failure |
3 | 3 | BIOS recovery 1 | recovery image nor found |
3 | 4 | BIOS recovery 2 | recovery image found but invalid |