Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possible

Recommended

Activity

Beeps

Cause

Action

 

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

5

Pre-video

1.

Reseat DIMMs. Power

blinks five times,

 

memory error

 

on the system.

once every second,

 

 

2.

Replace DIMMs one at

followed by a two

 

 

 

 

 

a time to isolate faulty

second pause.

 

 

 

 

 

 

module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Replace third-party

 

 

 

 

memory with

 

 

 

 

HP memory.

 

 

 

4.

Replace the system

 

 

 

 

board.

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

6

Pre-video

For systems with a graphics

blinks six times,

 

graphics

card:

once every second,

 

error.

1.

Reseat the graphics

followed by a two

 

 

 

 

 

card. Power on the

second pause.

 

 

 

 

 

 

system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Replace the graphics

 

 

 

 

card.

 

 

 

3.

Replace the system

 

 

 

 

board.

 

 

 

 

Red Power LED

7

System board

Replace the system board.

blinks seven times,

 

failure (ROM

 

 

once every second,

 

detected

 

 

followed by a two

 

failure prior to

 

 

second pause.

 

video).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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