Diagnostics - Dell Inspiron 24 5000 Service Manual

Identifier
Status

Diagnostics

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.
NOTE: See the light patterns to determine the device that is failing.
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:
Table 13. System diagnostic lights
Light pattern
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
3,6
GUID-A88CF4BC-F775-4FAF-97B9-77C8D75E67A3
Released
Problem description
System board, BIOS corruption, or ROM error
System board, Chipset error, Clock failure, Gate
A20 failure, Super I/O failure, or Keyboard
controller failure
Memory or RAM failure
Coin-cell battery failure
GPU failure
CPU failure
Display failure
BIOS recovery image not found
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