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www.dell.com | support.dell.com System Lights The lights on the front of the computer can indicate a computer problem. Power Light Solid green Blinking green Hard-Drive Light N/A Blank Blinks green N/A several times and then turns off Solid yellow N/A Blinking yellow Blank Blinking yellow Solid green Solid green and a N/A beep code during POST Cause Corrective Action Power is on, and the computer is operating normally. The computer is in the suspended state (Windows 2000 and Windows XP). A configuration error exists. The Dell Diagnostics is running a test, or a device on the system board may be faulty or incorrectly installed. A power supply or system board failure has occurred. A system board or VRM failure has occurred. A problem was detected while the BIOS was executing. No corrective action is required. 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. Check the diagnostic lights to see if the specific problem is identified. See the User's Guide for more information. 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. Check the diagnostic lights to see if the specific problem is identified. See "Power Problems" and "System Board Problems" in the User's Guide. Check the diagnostic lights to see if the specific problem is identified. Also, see "System Board Problems" in the User's Guide. 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. 34 Setup and Quick Re ference Guide

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Setup and Quick Reference Guide
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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.