System Lights
Your computer has a number of lights that can help you analyze and solve problems.
Power Light | Problem Description | Suggested Resolution | |
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Solid green | N/A | Power is on, and the computer is |
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| operating normally. |
No corrective action is required.
Blinking green | Blank | The computer is in the suspended |
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| state (Microsoft® Windows® 2000 |
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| and Windows XP). |
Press the power button, move the mouse, or press a key on the keyboard to wake the computer. See "Power Button" in your User’s Guide.
Blinks green | N/A | A configuration error exists. | Check the diagnostic lights to see if |
several times and |
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| the specific problem is identified. |
then turns off |
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Solid yellow | N/A | The Dell Diagnostics is running a | If the Dell Diagnostics is running, |
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| test, or a device on the system board | allow the testing to complete. |
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| may be faulty or incorrectly | Check the diagnostic lights to see if |
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| installed. | |
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| the specific problem is identified. | |
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| See "System Board Problems" in |
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| your User’s Guide. |
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| If the computer does not boot, |
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| contact Dell for technical |
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| assistance. |
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Blinking yellow | Blank | A power supply or system board | Check the diagnostic lights to see if |
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| failure has occurred. | the specific problem is identified. |
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| See "Power Problems" and "System |
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| Board Problems" in your User’s |
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| Guide. |
Blinking yellow | Solid green | A system board or VRM failure has |
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| occurred. |
Check the diagnostic lights to see if the specific problem is identified. See "System Board Problems" in your User’s Guide.
Solid green and a N/A | A problem was detected while the |
beep code during | BIOS was executing. |
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See "Beep Codes" in your User’s Guide. Also, check the diagnostic lights to see if the specific problem is identified.
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