Dell Precision 7920 Tower Owners Manual - Page 123

Power Light: Amber-White, Blinking, Amber/White Blinking, Pattern, Problem Description

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Power Light: Amber-White Blinking Amber/White Blinking Pattern Problem Description 2-3 2 amber blinks followed by a No Memory short pause, 3 white blinks, long pause, then repeats 2-4 2 amber blinks followed by a Memory/RAM failure short pause, 4 white blinks, long pause, then repeats 2-5 2 amber blinks followed by a Invalid memory installed short pause, 5 white blinks, long pause, then repeats 2-6 2 amber blinks followed by a Motherboard: Chipset short pause, 6 white blinks, long pause, then repeats 3-2 3 amber blinks followed by a PCI Device or Video short pause, 2 white blinks, long pause, then repeats Suggested Resolution • Flash latest BIOS version. If problem persists, contact Tech Support • If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing the memory module one by one to determine which one failed and swapping to a known good memory if available to confirm. • Contact Tech Support • If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing the memory module one by one to determine which one failed and swapping to a known good memory if available to confirm. • Contact Tech Support • Memory subsystem configuration activity is in progress. Memory modules have been detected but appear to be incompatible or in an invalid configuration. • If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing one by one the memory on motherboard to determine which one failed. • Contact Tech Support. • Fatal system board failure detected. • If customer can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by removing one by one the component on motherboard to determine which one failed. • If you identified any of the components failed, replace the Component. • Contact Tech Support. • PCI device configuration activity is in progress or PCI device failure was detected. • If you can assist to troubleshoot, narrow down the issue by reseating PCI card and removing one by Troubleshooting 123

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Power Light: Amber-White
Blinking
Amber/White Blinking
Pattern
Problem Description
Suggested Resolution
Flash latest BIOS version. If
problem persists, contact
Tech Support
2-3
2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 3 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
No Memory
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing the
memory module one by one
to determine which one
failed and swapping to a
known good memory if
available to confirm.
Contact Tech Support
2-4
2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 4 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Memory/RAM failure
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing the
memory module one by one
to determine which one
failed and swapping to a
known good memory if
available to confirm.
Contact Tech Support
2-5
2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 5 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Invalid memory installed
Memory subsystem
configuration activity is in
progress. Memory modules
have been detected but
appear to be incompatible or
in an invalid configuration.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing one
by one the memory on
motherboard to determine
which one failed.
Contact Tech Support.
2-6
2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 6 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Motherboard: Chipset
Fatal system board failure
detected.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing one
by one the component on
motherboard to determine
which one failed.
If you identified any of the
components failed, replace
the Component.
Contact Tech Support.
3-2
3 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 2 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
PCI Device or Video
PCI device configuration
activity is in progress or PCI
device failure was detected.
If you can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by reseating PCI
card and removing one by
Troubleshooting
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