Device Status Lights; Beep Codes - Dell Inspiron 14 Owner's Manual

Battery Charge LED
Battery mode Discharging when Battery
charge is > 10%
Discharging when Battery
charge is <=10%

Device Status Lights

Turns on when you turn on the computer and blinks when the computer is in a power
management mode.
Turns on when the computer reads or writes data.
Turns on steadily or blinks to indicate battery charge status.

Beep Codes

The computer may emit a series of beeps during start-up if the display cannot show errors or problems.
These series of beeps, called beep codes, identify various problems. The delay between each beep is
300 ms, the delay between each set of beeps is 3 seconds, and the beep sound lasts 300 ms. After each
beep and each set of beeps, the BIOS should detect if the user presses the power button. If so, BIOS will
jump out from looping and execute the normal shutdown process and power system.
Code Cause and Troubleshooting Steps
1 BIOS ROM checksum in progress or failure
System board failure, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error
2 No RAM detected
No memory detected
3 Chipset Error (North and South Bridge Chipset, DMA/IMR/ Timer Error) , Time-Of-
Day Clock test failure , Gate A20 failure , Super I/O chip failure , Keyboard
controller test failure
System board failure
4 RAM Read/Write failure
Memory failure
5 Real-time clock power fail
CMOS battery failure
6 Video BIOS test failure
Video card failure
7 CPU - cache test failure
Processor failure
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Off/Hibernate
Off
Off
Standby
Off
Blinking White