System Support
4.5.3 System Status
These systems provide a visual indication of system boot, ROM flash, and operational status through the power LED and internal speaker, as described in Table
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Table
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S0: System on (normal | Steady green | None | None |
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S1: Suspend | Blinks green @ .5 Hz | None | None |
S3: Suspend to RAM | Blinks green @ .5 Hz | None | None |
S4: Suspend to disk | Off – clear | None | None |
S5: Soft off | Off – clear | None | None |
Processor thermal shutdown | Blinks red 2 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 2 | Check air flow, fans, heatsink |
Processor not seated / installed | Blinks red 3 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 3 | Check processor |
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Power supply overload failure | Blinks red 4 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 4 | Check system board problem |
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Memory error | Blinks red 5 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 5 | Check DIMMs, system board |
Video error | Blinks red 6 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 6 | Check graphics card or |
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PCA failure detected by BIOS | Blinks red 7 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 7 | Replace system board |
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Invalid ROM checksum error | Blinks red 8 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 8 | Reflash BIOS ROM |
Boot failure (after power on) | Blinks red 9 times @ 1 Hz [1] | 9 | Check power supply, |
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Bad option card | Blinks red 10 times @ 1 Hz [1] | None | Replace option card |
NOTES:
Beeps are repeated for 5 cycles, after which only blinking LED indication continues.
[1]Repeated after 2 second pause.
[2]Beeps are produced by the internal chassis speaker.
[3]Check that CPU power connector P3 is plugged in.
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