Dell G884D Controls and Lights, Power button, Power light, Hard-drive activity light, Adapter

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Controls and Lights

Front of computer:

 

Power button

push button

Power light

blue light — Blinking blue in sleep state; solid blue

 

for power-on state

 

amber light — The blinking amber indicates a

 

problem with the system board. A solid amber light

 

when the system does not boot indicates that the

 

system board cannot start initialization. This could be

 

a system board or a power supply problem (see "Power

 

Problems" on page 35).

Hard-drive activity light

blue light — A blinking blue light indicates hard-drive

 

activity.

Rear of computer:

 

Link integrity light (on the green light — A good connection exists between integrated network adapter) a 10-Mbps network and the computer.

 

orange light — A good connection exists between

 

a 100-Mbps network and the computer.

 

yellow light — A good connection exists between a

 

1-GB (1000-Mbps) network and the computer.

 

off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a

 

physical connection to the network.

Network activity light (on

yellow blinking light when there is activity on the

the integrated network

network; if there is no network activity, the light will

adapter)

be off

Standby power light

AUX_PWR_LED on the system board

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