Diagnostic Lights For Laptop Computers; System Messages For Desktop Computers - Dell Inspiron 545 MT User Manual

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
various diagnostic lights displayed, see the Service Manual for your
computer or search for the topic on the Dell Support website
support.dell.com.

Diagnostic Lights for Laptop Computers

Typically laptop computers have keyboard status lights located above the
keyboard. See the documentation shipped with your computer for more details.
During normal operation, the keyboard status lights display the current status
of certain features. If the computer malfunctions, you can use the status of
the lights to help identify the problem.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
various keyboard status lights displayed, see the Service Manual for
your computer or search for the topic on the Dell Support website
support.dell.com.

System Messages for Desktop Computers

NOTE:
If the message you received is not listed in the table, see the documentation
for either the operating system or the program that was running when the message
appeared.
L E R T R E V I O U S A T T E M P T S A T B O O T I N G T H I S S YS T E M H A V E F A I L E D A T
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C H E C K P O I N T N N N N
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C H E C K P O I N T A N D C O N T A C T
complete the boot routine three consecutive times for the same error (see "Contacting
Dell" on page 337 for assistance).
C M O S C H E C K S U M E R R O R
Replace the battery (see the documentation shipped with your computer or see
"Contacting Dell" on page 337 for assistance).
C P U F A N F A I L U R E
for your computer).
H A R D - D I S K R E A D F A I L U R E
"Contacting Dell" on page 337 for assistance).
To learn more about the meaning of the
to learn more about the meaning of the
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E L L E C H N I C A L
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— Possible motherboard failure or RTC battery low.
— CPU fan failure. Replace the CPU fan (see the Service Manual
— Possible HDD failure during HDD boot test (see
,
U P P O R T
S — The computer failed to
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