Dell P41G002 owner manual Device Status Lights, LED Error Codes

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Battery Charge LED

Off/Hibernate

Standby

 

 

 

 

Battery mode

Discharging when Battery

Off

Off

 

charge is > 10%

 

 

 

Discharging when Battery

Off

Blinking White

 

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.

LED Error Codes

Diagnostic LED codes are communicated via the Power Button LED. The Power Button LED blinks the corresponding LED codes for the corresponding fault condition. Example: For No Memory detected (LED code 2) , The Power Button LED blinks two times followed by a pause, blinks two times, pause, etc. This pattern continues until the system is powered off.

Code

Cause and Troubleshooting Steps

1

System board: BIOS ROM failure

 

System board failure, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error

2

Memory

 

No memory/RAM 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

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Contents Dell Vostro Page Contents Specifications Working on Your Computer Before Working Inside Your ComputerTurning Off Your Computer After Working Inside Your Computer System Overview Removing and Installing ComponentsRecommended Tools Removing the Base Cover Pry the base cover along the edges to loosen it Lift and remove the base cover from the computer Installing the Base Cover Removing the BatteryPage Removing the Hard Disk Drive Installing the BatteryBase cover Battery Battery Base cover Installing the Hard DriveRemoving the Coin-Cell Battery Removing the Wlan Card Installing the Coin-Cell BatteryInstalling the Wlan Card Removing the System Fan Page Lift and remove the right system fan from the computer Removing the Heatsink Installing the System FanBase cover Battery System fan Base cover Battery System fan Heatsink Installing the HeatsinkSystem fan Battery Base cover Removing the Memory ModuleBase cover Battery System fan Heatsink Memory Installing the MemoryHeatsink System fan Battery Base cover Removing the System BoardPage Installing the System Board Removing the Display AssemblyPage Detach the base panel from the display assembly Removing the Display Bezel Installing the Display AssemblyBase cover Battery Display assembly Page Pry along the inner edges of the display bezel and remove it Base cover Battery Display assembly Display bezel Installing the Display BezelBattery Base cover Display assembly Removing the Display PanelRemoving the Camera Installing the Display PanelBattery Base cover Display assembly Display bezel Installing the Camera Boot Sequence System SetupSystem Setup Overview Navigation KeysUpdating the Bios System Setup Options CPU IDSet Asset Tag This field displays your systems asset tag. If Battery Status Lights TroubleshootingEnhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment ePSA Diagnostics LED Error Codes Device Status LightsCode Specifications Technical SpecificationUMA/DIS Feature Description Number of keys AC Adapter Page Contacting Dell Contacting Dell