Battery Status Lights - Dell Vostro 5471 Owner's Manual

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:
Table 18. LED pattern
Blinking Problem Description
pattern
Ambe White
r
2 1 processor
2 2 system board, BIOS ROM
2 3 memory
2 4 memory
2 5 memory
2 6 system board; chipset
2 7 display
3 1 RTC power failure
3 2 PCI/Video
3 3 BIOS recovery 1
3 4 BIOS recovery 2

Battery status lights

If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the battery light operates as follows:
Alternately An unauthenticated or unsupported non-Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop. Re-plug battery
blinking amber connector, replace battery if the issue reoccurs.
light and white
light
Alternately Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present. Re-plug battery connector, replace battery if the
blinking amber issue reoccurs.
light with steady
white light
Constantly Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present. Fetal battery, replace the battery.
blinking amber
light
Light off Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present.
White light on Battery in charge mode with AC adapter present.
78 Troubleshooting
Suggested Resolution
processor failure
system board, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error
no memory/no RAM detected
memory failure/RAM failure
invalid memory installed
system board/ chipset error
display failure
coin-cell battery failure
PCI/Video card/chip failure
recovery image nor found
recovery image found but invalid