Dell Vostro 5581 Service Manual - Page 83
Diagnostic LED, Battery status lights
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Diagnostic LED This section details the diagnostic features of the battery LED in a notebook. Instead of beep codes errors are indicated via the bicolor Battery Charge LED. A specific blink pattern is followed by flashing a pattern of flashes in amber, followed by white. The pattern then repeats. NOTE: The diagnostic pattern will consist of a two digit number being represented by a first group of LED blinks (1 through 9) in amber, followed by a 1.5 second pause with the LED off, and then a second group of LED blinks (1 through 9) in white. This is then followed by a three second pause, with the LED off, before repeating over again. Each LED blink takes 0.5 seconds. The system will not shutdown when displaying the Diagnostic Error Codes. Diagnostic Error Codes will always supersede any other use of the LED. For instance, on Notebooks, battery codes for Low Battery or Battery Failure situations will not be displayed when Diagnostic Error Codes are being displayed: Table 6. LED pattern Blinking pattern Amber White Problem Description 2 1 processor 2 2 system board, BIOS ROM 2 3 memory 2 4 memory 2 5 memory 2 6 system board; chipset 2 7 display 3 1 RTC power failure 3 2 PCI/Video 3 3 BIOS recovery 1 3 4 BIOS recovery 2 Battery status lights Suggested Resolution processor failure system board, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error no memory/no RAM detected memory failure/RAM failure invalid memory installed system board/ chipset error display failure coin-cell battery failure PCI/Video card/chip failure recovery image nor found recovery image found but invalid If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the battery light operates as follows: Alternately blinking amber light and white light Alternately blinking amber light with steady white light Constantly blinking amber light Light off White light on An unauthenticated or unsupported non-Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop. Re-plug battery connector, replace battery if the issue reoccurs. Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present. Re-plug battery connector, replace battery if the issue reoccurs. Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present. Fetal battery, replace the battery. Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present. Battery in charge mode with AC adapter present. Troubleshooting 83
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