GUID-6E8EB3EE-1462-4719-82F6-6728469D27E2
Diagnostics
Power and battery-status light/ hard-drive activity light
Indicates the battery-charge status or the hard-drive activity.
NOTE: Press Fn+H to toggle this light between power and battery-status
light and hard-drive activity light.
Hard-drive activity light
Turns on when the computer reads from or writes to the hard drive.
Power and battery-status light
Indicates the power and battery-charge status.
Solid white
– Power adapter is connected and the battery has more than 5 percent
charge.
Amber
– Computer is running on battery and the battery has less than 5 percent
charge.
Off
•
Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged.
•
Computer is running on battery and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
•
Computer is in sleep state, hibernation, or turned off.
The power and battery-status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating
failures.
For example, the power and battery-status light blinks amber two times followed by a
pause, and then blinks white three times followed by a pause. This 2,3 pattern
continues until the computer is turned off indicating no memory or RAM is detected.
The following table shows the different power and battery-status light patterns and
associated problems.
Light Pattern
Problem description
2,1
CPU failure
2,2
System board: BIOS and ROM failure
2,3
No memory or RAM detected
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Summary of Contents for Inspiron 17 5000 Series
Page 17: ...5 Remove the optical drive bracket 1 optical drive 2 M2x3 screws 2 3 optical drive bracket 17 ...
Page 22: ...3 Lift the base cover off the palm rest and keyboard assembly at an angle 1 base cover 22 ...
Page 25: ...GUID 100F5386 1FC6 42B5 8E98 BA863F638114 Post requisites Replace the optical drive 25 ...
