Device Status Lights - Dell P26S Owner's Manual

Device status lights

Table 2. Device status lights
Icon Name Description
Power Turns on when you turn on the computer and blinks when the computer is in a
status power management mode.
light
Hard Turns on when the computer reads or writes data.
drive
status
light
Battery Turns on steadily or blinks to indicate battery charge status.
charge
indicator
WiFi Turns on when wireless networking is enabled.
indicator
The device status LEDs are usually located either on the top or left side of the keyboard. They display the
storage, battery and wireless devices connectivity and activity. Apart from that they can be useful as a
diagnostic tool when there's a possible failure to the system.
NOTE: The position of the power status light may vary depending on the system.
The following table lists how to read the LED codes when possible errors occur.
Table 3. Battery charge LED indicator
Amber blinking
pattern
2,1
2,2
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
2,7
3,1
3,2
The blinking patterns will consist of 2 set of numbers being represented by (First Group: Amber blinks,
Second Group: White blinks)
NOTE: Refer to the following table for Battery charge LED indicator codes.
Problem description
CPU
System board: BIOS ROM
Memory
Memory
Memory
System board: Chipset
LCD
RTC Power Failure
PCI/Video
Suggested resolution
CPU failure
System board, covers BIOS corruption or
ROM error
No memory/RAM detected
Memory/RAM failure
Invalid memory installed
System board / Chipset error
Replace the system board
CMOS battery failure
PCI or video card/chip failure
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