Chapter 52: Diagnostics - Dell Inspiron 24 5000 Service Manual

Power status light: Indicates the power status.
Solid Amber – The computer is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power supply or another device
in the computer is failing.
Blinking Amber – The computer is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power supply is normal but
another device in the computer is failing or not installed properly.
NOTE: See the light patterns to determine the device that is failing.
Off – Computer is in hibernation or turned off.
The power status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating failures.
For example, the power 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 the Recovery image is not found.
The following table shows different light patterns and what they indicate:
Table 13. System diagnostic lights
Light pattern
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
3,6
3,7
The computer may emit a series of beeps during start-up if the errors or problems cannot be displayed. The repetitive beep
codes help the user troubleshoot problems with the computer.
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.
● Solid white – Camera is in use.
● Off – Camera is not in use.
86 Diagnostics
Problem description
System board, BIOS corruption, or ROM error
System board, Chipset error, Clock failure, Gate A20 failure, Super I/O
failure, or Keyboard controller failure
Memory or RAM failure
Coin-cell battery failure
GPU failure
CPU failure
Display failure
BIOS recovery image not found
BIOS recovery image found but invalid
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