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Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes

 

 

Possible

Recommended

Activity

Beeps

Cause

Action

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

7

System board

Replace the system board.

flashes seven

 

failure (ROM

 

 

times, once every

 

detected failure

 

 

second, followed

 

prior to video).

 

 

by a two-second

 

 

 

 

pause. The beeps

 

 

 

 

continue for five

 

 

 

 

iterations, then

 

 

 

 

stop. The LED

 

 

 

 

flashes continue

 

 

 

 

until the problem

 

 

 

 

is resolved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

8

Invalid ROM based

1.

Reflash the ROM

flashes eight

 

on bad checksum.

 

using a ROMPaq

times, once every

 

 

 

diskette. See the

second, followed

 

 

 

“ROM Flash” section

by a two-second

 

 

 

of the Desktop

pause. The beeps

 

 

 

Management Guide

continue for five

 

 

 

on the

iterations, then

 

 

 

Documentation and

stop. The LED

 

 

 

Diagnostics CD.

flashes continue

 

 

2.

Replace the system

until the problem

board.

is resolved.

 

 

 

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