Appendix 183
Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sb/530sc/530sd
Memory
four 240-pin connectors
Power 12 V
one 4-pin connector
Power
one 24-pin connector
Controls and Lights
Front of computer:
Power bu tton
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
page76).
Drive activity light
blue light — A blinking blue light indicates the computer
is reading data from or writing data to the SATA hard
drive or CD/HDD.
Back of computer:
Link integrity light (on
integrated network
adapter)
green light — A good connection exists between the
network and the computer.
off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a physical
connection to the network.
Network activity light
(on integrated network
adapter)
yellow blinking light —A good connection exists between
the network and the computer.
Connectors (continued)
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