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System diagnostic lights
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% charge.
Amber—Computer is running on battery and the battery has less than 5% charge.
Off
● Power adapter is connected, and the battery is fully charged.
● Computer is running on battery, and the battery has more than 5% 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 power and battery-status light patterns and associated problems.
Table 10. LED codes
Diagnostic light codes
2,1
2,2
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
2,7
3,1
3,2
3,3
3,4
3,5
3,6
3,7
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.
● Solid white—Camera is in use.
● Off—Camera is not in use.
Caps Lock status light: Indicates whether Caps Lock is enabled or disabled.
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Troubleshooting
Problem description
Processor failure
System board: BIOS or ROM (Read-Only
Memory) failure
No memory or RAM (Random-Access Memory)
detected
Memory or RAM (Random-Access Memory)
failure
Invalid memory installed
System-board or chipset error
Display failure
Coin-cell battery failure
PCI, video card/chip failure
Recovery image not found
Recovery image found but invalid
Power-rail failure
System BIOS Flash incomplete
Management Engine (ME) error
Troubleshooting
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