Getting Started
Solving Hardware Installation Problems (Continued)
Problem Cause Solution
Power LED flashes Red six times, once every second, followed by a
Graphics card is not seated properly or is bad, or system board is bad.
For systems with a graphics card:
1.Reseat the graphics card. Power on the system.
2.Replace the graphics card.
3.Replace the system board.
For systems with integrated graphics, replace the system board.
Power LED flashes | Bad option card. | 1. | Check each option card by |
Red ten times, once |
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| removing the cards one at |
every second, |
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| a time (if multiple cards), |
followed by a |
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| then power on the system to |
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| see if fault goes away. | |
and the computer |
| 2. | Once bad card is |
beeps ten times. The | identified, remove and | |
beeps continue for | ||
replace bad option card. | ||
five iterations, then | ||
3. Replace the system board. | ||
stop. The LED flashes | ||
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continue until the |
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problem is resolved. |
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