2 Troubleshooting Procedures

2.3Power Supply Troubleshooting

The power supply controller controls many functions and components. To determine if the power supply is functioning properly, start with Procedure 1 and continue with the other Procedures as instructed. The procedures described in this section are:

Procedure 1: Power Status Check

Procedure 2: Error Code Check

Procedure 3: Connection Check

Procedure 4: Charging Check

Procedure 5: Replacement Check

Procedure 1 Power Status Check

The following LED indicates the power supply status:

‰Battery LED

‰DC IN LED

The Power Supply control displays the power supply status with the Battery LED and the DC IN LED as listed in the tables below.

 

Table 2-1 Battery icon

 

 

Battery icon

Power supply status

 

 

Lights orange

Battery is charged and the external DC is input. It has no

 

relation with ON/OFF of the system power.

 

 

Lights green

Battery is fully charged and the external DC is input. It has

 

no relation with ON/OFF of the system power.

 

 

Blinks orange

The battery level is low while the system power is ON.

(even intervals)

 

Blinks orange once

The system is driven by only a battery and the battery level

(at being switched on)

is low.

 

 

Doesn’t light

Any condition other than those above.

 

 

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Toshiba satellite p100 manual Power Supply Troubleshooting, Procedure 1 Power Status Check, Battery icon