POST Error Messages

Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes (Continued)

 

 

Possible

 

Activity

Beeps

Cause

Recommended Action

Red Power LED

None

Processor not

flashes three times,

 

installed (not

once every second,

 

an indicator

followed by a

 

of bad

two-second pause.

 

processor).

The Power LED will

 

 

continue flashing

 

 

until the problem is

 

 

resolved.

 

 

1.Check to see that the processor is present.

2.Reseat the processor.

Red Power LED

None

Power failure

1.

Open the hood and ensure the

flashes four times,

 

(power supply

 

4-wire power supply cable is seated

once every second,

 

overloaded).

 

into the connector on the system

followed by a

 

 

 

board.

two-second pause.

 

 

2.

Check if a device is causing the

The Power LED will

 

 

 

 

 

problem by removing ALL attached

continue flashing

 

 

 

 

 

 

devices (such as hard, diskette, or

until the problem is

 

 

 

 

 

 

optical drives, and expansion

resolved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

cards). Power on the system. If the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

system enters the POST, then power

 

 

 

 

off and replace one device at a time

 

 

 

 

and repeat this procedure until

 

 

 

 

failure occurs. Replace the device

 

 

 

 

that is causing the failure. Continue

 

 

 

 

adding devices one at a time to

 

 

 

 

ensure all devices are functioning

 

 

 

 

properly.

 

 

 

3. Replace the power supply.

 

 

 

4.

Replace the system board.

 

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

5

Pre-video

1.

Reseat DIMMs. Power on the

flashes five times,

 

memory error.

 

system.

once every second,

 

 

2.

Replace DIMMs one at a time to

followed by a

 

 

 

 

 

isolate the faulty module.

two-second pause,

 

 

 

 

 

3. Replace third-party memory with HP

and the computer

 

 

 

 

 

memory.

beeps five times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beeps stop after

 

 

4.

Replace the system board.

five times but the

 

 

 

 

Power LED will

 

 

 

 

continue flashing

 

 

 

 

until the problem is resolved.

 

Service Reference Guide, dx5150

361685-001

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