Diagnostic Error Messages - Dell 7070 Tower Service Manual

Table 5. States Under Host BIOS Control
Amber LED state
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

Diagnostic error messages

Table 6. Diagnostic error messages
Error messages
AUXILIARY DEVICE FAILURE
BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME
74 Troubleshooting
White LED state
5
6
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
System state
BIOS state 1
BIOS state 2
BIOS state 3
BIOS state 4
BIOS state 5
BIOS state 6
BIOS state 7
BIOS state 8
BIOS state 9
BIOS state 10
Description
The touchpad or external mouse may be faulty. For an external
mouse, check the cable connection. Enable the Pointing Device
option in the System Setup program.
Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in
the proper place, and used the correct path name.
Notes
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 0001) Corrupt BIOS.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 0010) CPU config or
CPU failure.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 0011) MEM config in
process. Appropriate mem
modules detected but failure has
occurred.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 0100) Combine PCI
device config or failure with
video sub sytem config or failure.
BIOS to eliminate 0101 video
code.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 0110) Combine storage
and USB config or failure. BIOS
to eliminate 0111 USB code.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 1000) MEM config, no
memory detected.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 1001) Fatal Motherboard
error.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 1010) Mem config,
modules incompatible or invalid
config.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 1011) combine "Other
pre-video activity and resource
configuration codes. BIOS to
eliminate 1100 code.
BIOS Post code (Old LED
pattern 1110) Other pre-post
activity, routine subsequent to
video init.