Storage LED
Power LED
Off
Blinking
Off
Blinking
Battery Status Lights
If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the battery light operates as follows:
Alternately blinking
An unauthenticated or unsupported non-Dell AC adapter is attached to your
amber light and
laptop.
white light
Alternately blinking
Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present.
amber light with
steady white light
Constantly blinking
Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present.
amber light
Light off
Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present.
White light on
Battery in charge mode with AC adapter present.
Technical Specification
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Table 16. System Information
Feature
System Chipset
DMA Channels
Interrupt Levels
Wireless LED
Fault Description
Blinking
The modem is preventing the system from completing
POST.
Off
Memory failed to initialize or memory is unsupported.
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Specification
Mobile Intel 8 Series Chipset
Enhanced DMA Controller
•
Two cascaded 8237 DMA controllers
•
Supports LPC DMA
Interrupt Controller
•
Supports up to eight legacy interrupt pins
•
Supports PCI 2.3 Message Signaled
Interrupts
•
Two cascaded 8259 with 15 interrupts
•
Integrated IO APIC capability with 24 interrupts
•
Supports Processor System Bus interrupt delivery
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