POST Error Messages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes (Continued)

 

 

 

Possible

 

 

 

 

Activity

Beeps

Cause

Recommended Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

9 or

System

1.

Check that the voltage selector,

 

 

flashes nine times,

None,

powers on but

 

located on the rear of the power

 

once every second,

depending

is unable to

 

supply (some models), is set to the

 

followed by a

on the

boot.

 

appropriate voltage. Proper voltage

 

two-second pause,

issue

 

 

setting depends on your region.

 

and the computer

 

 

2.

Replace the system board.

 

beeps nine times.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Replace the processor.

 

Beeps stop after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

five times but the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power LED will

 

 

 

 

 

 

continue flashing

 

 

 

 

 

 

until the problem is

 

 

 

 

 

 

resolved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

10

Bad option

1.

Check each graphics card by

 

flashes ten times,

 

card.

 

removing the card (one at a time if

 

once every second,

 

 

 

multiple cards), then power on the

 

followed by a

 

 

 

system to see if fault goes away.

 

two-second pause,

 

 

2.

Once a bad card is identified,

 

and the computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

remove and replace the bad option

beeps ten times.

card.

Beeps stop after

3. Replace the system board.

five times but the

 

Power LED will

 

continue flashing

 

until the problem is

 

resolved.

 

 

 

 

Service Reference Guide, dx5150

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dx5150 specifications

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