Troubleshooting; Power Led Issue - Dell ChengMing 3977 Tower Owner's Manual

Dell Enhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment (ePSA)
diagnostic 3.0
You can invoke the ePSA diagnostics by either:
• Press the F12 key when the system boots and choosing Diagnostics option.
• Press Fn+PWR when the system boots.
For more details, see Dell EPSA Diagnostic

Power LED issue

Power LED is not flashing amber on ChengMing 3977 and Optiplex D8 and OptiPlex D8 AIO platforms.
ChengMing 3977 and OptiPlex D8 and D8 AIO platforms without processor installed or when processor power cable is not connected; it
may not have the power LED flashing amber as the diagnostic indicator. The BIOS behavior specification defines that:
1 If no processor is installed in the system, the power LED should flash amber in pattern of 2-3
2 If no processor cable is connected in the system, the power LED should flash amber in pattern of 2-2
Do not replace any hardware, it works as per the design. With the Boot guard (BtG) feature of Intel ME11.6, when processor power or
processor is missing, then the system will shut down.
Affected Platforms:
• ChengMing 3977
• OptiPlex 3050/5050/7050
• OptiPlex 3050 AIO/5250 AIO/7450 AIO
3.0.

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