System lights – Dell Precision 650 User Manual

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System Lights

The lights on the front of the computer can indicate a computer problem.

Power Light

Hard-Drive
Light

Cause

Corrective Action

Solid green

N/A

Power is on, and the computer is
operating normally.

No corrective action is required.

Blinking green

Blank

The computer is in the suspended
state (Windows 2000 and
Windows XP).

Press the power button, move the
mouse, or press a key on the
keyboard to wake the computer. See
"Power Management" in the

User’s

Guide for more information.

Blinks green
several times and
then turns off

N/A

A configuration error exists.

Check the diagnostic lights to see if
the specific problem is identified.
See the

User’s Guide for more

information.

Solid yellow

N/A

The Dell Diagnostics is running a
test, or a device on the system board
may be faulty or incorrectly
installed.

If the Dell Diagnostics is running,
allow the testing to complete.

Check the diagnostic lights to see if
the specific problem is identified.
Also, see "System Board Problems"
in the

User’s Guide.

If the computer does not boot,
contact Dell for technical
assistance.

Blinking yellow

Blank

A power supply or system board
failure has occurred.

Check the diagnostic lights to see if
the specific problem is identified.
See "Power Problems" and "System
Board Problems" in the

User’s

Guide.

Blinking yellow

Solid green

A system board or VRM failure has
occurred.

Check the diagnostic lights to see if
the specific problem is identified.
Also, see "System Board Problems"
in the

User’s Guide.

Solid green and a
beep code during
POST

N/A

A problem was detected while the
BIOS was executing.

See "Beep Codes" on page 35 for
instructions on diagnosing the beep
code. Also, check the diagnostic
lights to see if the specific problem
is identified.

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