Code

Cause and Troubleshooting Steps

 

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

8

Display

 

Display failure

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

7

CPU - cache test failure

 

Processor failure

8

Display

 

Display failure

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