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Diagnostics

Dell™ Latitude™ 2100 Service Manual

Diagnostic Light Codes

Battery Light Codes

No-POST Light Codes

Diagnostic Light Codes

Diagnostic lights are located in two areas of your computer:

Bottom left of the palm rest

Top right side of the keyboard

1

power light

2

hard drive activity light

 

 

 

 

3

battery light

4

wireless networking activity light

 

 

 

 

5

numeric key light

6

caps lock light

 

 

 

 

7

scroll lock light

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery Light Codes

If your computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the light operates as follows:

Solid blue – The battery is charging.

Flashing blue – The battery is almost fully charged.

Fast flashing orange and then solid green – The battery is in temporary failure.

Fast flashing orange – The battery is in a fatal failure.

If your computer is running on a battery, the light operates as follows:

Off – The battery is adequately charged, or the computer is turned off.

Flashing orange – The battery charge is low.

Solid orange – The battery charge is critically low.

Fast flashing orange and then solid green – The battery is in temporary failure.

Fast flashing orange – The battery is in a fatal failure.

No-POST Codes

The numeric key light, caps lock light, and scroll lock light are also used to diagnose issues that may occur in a no-POST scenario.

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