Device status lights, Battery status lights – Dell Precision M2800 (Early 2014) User Manual

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Device Status Lights

Table 14. Device Status Lights

Turns on when you turn on the computer and blinks when the computer is in a power
management mode.

Turns on when the computer reads or writes data.

Turns on steadily or blinks to indicate battery charge status.

Turns on when wireless networking is enabled.

The device status LEDs are usually located either on the top or left side of the keyboard. They display the
storage, battery and wireless devices connectivity and activity. Apart from that they can be useful as a
diagnostic tool when there's a possible failure to the system.
The following table lists how to read the LED codes when possible errors occur.

Table 15. LED Lights

Storage LED

Power LED

Wireless LED

Fault Description

Blinking

Solid

Solid

A possible processor failure has occurred.

Solid

Blinking

Solid

The memory modules are detected but encountered
an error.

Blinking

Blinking

Blinking

A system board failure has occurred.

Blinking

Blinking

Solid

A possible graphics card/video failure has occurred.

Blinking

Blinking

Off

System failed on hard drive initialization OR System
failed in Option ROM initialization.

Blinking

Off

Blinking

The USB controller encountered a problem during
initialization.

Solid

Blinking

Blinking

No memory modules are installed/detected.

Blinking

Solid

Blinking

The display encountered a problem during
initialization.

Off

Blinking

Blinking

The modem is preventing the system from completing
POST

Off

Blinking

Off

Memory failed to initialize or memory is unsupported.

Battery Status Lights

If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the battery light operates as follows:

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