Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics
Solving Hardware Installation Problems (Continued)Problem | Cause | Solution |
Power LED flashes Red five | Memory is installed |
times, once every second, | incorrectly or is bad. |
followed by a two second |
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pause, and the computer |
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beeps five times. Beeps |
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continue for five iterations |
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after which the LED flashes |
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will continue until the |
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problem is resolved. |
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1.Reseat DIMMs.
2.Replace DIMMs one at a time to isolate the faulty module.
3.Replace
4.Replace the system board.
Power LED flashes Red six times, once every second, followed by a two second pause, and the computer beeps six times. Beeps continue for five iterations after which the LED flashes will continue until the problem is resolved.
Video 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 Red ten | Bad option card. | 1. | Check each option card by |
times, once every second, |
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| removing the cards one at time |
followed by a two second |
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| (if multiple cards), then power |
pause, and the computer |
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| on the system to see if fault goes |
beeps ten times. Beeps |
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| away. |
continue for five iterations |
| 2. | Once bad card is identified, |
after which the LED flashes |
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| remove and replace bad option |
will continue until the | card. | |
problem is resolved | ||
3. Replace the system board. | ||
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Service Reference Guide, dc7600 |