Dell OptiPlex 3050 Tower Owners Manual - Page 84

State, State Name, Blinking Amber Pattern, Problem Description, Suggested Resolution

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State S3 State Name MEM S4 PCI S5 VID S6 STO 84 Troubleshooting your computer Blinking Amber Pattern 2 blinks > short pause > 7 blinks > long pause > repeats Problem Description Memory failures Suggested Resolution Memory subsystem configuration activity is in progress. Appropriate memory modules were detected but a memory failure has occurred. If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue with reseating memory and swapping a known good memory if available. If nothing works, replace the memory. 3 blinks > short pause > 1 blinks > long pause > repeats PCIe Device or Video subsystem failures PCIe device configuration activity is in progress or PCIe device failure was detected. If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by reseating PCIe card and removing one by one to determine which card failed. If identified the PCIe card failed, replace the PCIe Card. If none of the PCIe Cards failed, replace the motherboard. 3 blinks > short pause > 2 blinks > long pause > repeats Video Subsystem failure Video subsystem configuration activity in progress or video subsystem failure. If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing one by one to determine which card failed. If identified the card failed, replace the card. If none of the card failed, replace the motherboard. 3 blinks > short pause > 3 blinks > long pause > repeats No Memory detected If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing one by one memory to determine which one failed and swapping to a known

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State
State Name
Blinking Amber Pattern
Problem Description
Suggested Resolution
S3
MEM
2 blinks > short pause >
7 blinks > long pause >
repeats
Memory failures
Memory subsystem
configuration
activity is in
progress. Appropriate
memory modules were
detected but a memory
failure has occurred.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow
down the issue with
reseating memory and
swapping a known good
memory if available.
If nothing works, replace
the memory.
S4
PCI
3 blinks > short pause >
1 blinks > long pause >
repeats
PCIe Device or Video
subsystem failures
PCIe device
configuration
activity is in progress or
PCIe device failure was
detected.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow
down the issue by
reseating PCIe card and
removing one by one to
determine which card
failed.
If
identified
the PCIe card
failed, replace the PCIe
Card.
If none of the PCIe Cards
failed, replace the
motherboard.
S5
VID
3 blinks > short pause >
2 blinks > long pause >
repeats
Video Subsystem failure
Video subsystem
configuration
activity in
progress or video
subsystem failure.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow
down the issue by
removing one by one to
determine which card
failed.
If
identified
the card
failed, replace the card.
If none of the card failed,
replace the motherboard.
S6
STO
3 blinks > short pause >
3 blinks > long pause >
repeats
No Memory detected
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow
down the issue by
removing one by one
memory to determine
which one failed and
swapping to a known
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