System Diagnostic Lights - Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Service Manual

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Select the device from the left pane and click Run Tests.
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If there are any issues, error codes are displayed.
Note the error code and validation number and contact Dell.

System diagnostic lights

Power and battery-status light/hard-drive activity light
Indicates the battery-charge status or the hard-drive activity.
NOTE: Press Fn+H to toggle this light between power and battery-status
light and hard-drive activity light.
Hard-drive activity light
Turns on when the computer reads from or writes to the hard drive.
NOTE: Hard-drive activity light is supported only on computers shipped with
hard drive.
Power and battery-status light
Indicates the power and battery-charge status
Solid white — Power adapter is connected and the battery has more than 5 percent
charge.
Amber — Computer is running on battery and the battery has less than 5 percent
charge.
Off
Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged.
Computer is running on battery and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
Computer is in sleep state, hibernation, or turned off
The power and battery-status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating
failures.
For example, the power and battery-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 no memory or RAM is detected.
The following table shows different light patterns and describes what they indicate.
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