LED color definitions
The following table describes what each LED light on your workstation front panel signifies.
Table 6-17
LED color definitions
LED state
LED color
System status
Solid
Green
System is on
Flashing
Green
System is in Standby
Solid or flashing
Red
System has experienced an error. See
Diagnostic LED codes
on page 111
None
No light
System is in Hibernate, or it is off
Self-troubleshooting with HP Vision Field Diagnostics
Hewlett-Packard Vision Field Diagnostics is a diagnostic tool that can be used by the end user or
technical support personnel to view information about the hardware configuration of the computer and
perform hardware troubleshooting on HP Desktop and Workstation systems. This diagnostic tool should
be used to help determine hardware failures. Accessible by either CD or USB key, these diagnostics
run outside the operating system and so make it easy to isolate potential issues that may be operating
system related versus hardware.
HP Vision Field Diagnostics benefits are:
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Capture complete system configuration information that can be shared as an HTML file, including:
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System serial number
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System product number
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System BIOS revision
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Memory size and configuration
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Processor information
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Storage device information and configuration
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Graphics / audio / communications information and configuration
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And more...
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Comprehensive list of diagnostic test available with new added features:
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Highly configurable testing options: quick / complete / custom / interactive / non-interactive
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Specific failing memory DIMM identification
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Tests video card memory
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Launches DST Smart tests for both SATA and SAS drives
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Many other tests and diagnostics
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Diagnostic Failure Code Output – A unique warranty code is generated for each failure which can
be used to validate diagnostic use for a specific system
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Easy to use - uses similar user interface as previous field diagnostics, HP Insight Diagnostics
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