NCR RealPOS 70XRT, User Manual

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11-2 Chapter 11: Diagnostic LEDs
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Power Status LED ‐ This White LED is used to illuminate the NCR Logo on the
bezel to indicate that the system is on. In addition, this LED blinks when the
system is in S3 suspend mode.
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LAN Link ‐ This Green LED lights to indicate that the system is attached to a
LAN. It stays on whenever the LAN is present, even if the unit is powered off.
This LED also flashes to indicate LAN activity.
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HDD Activity – This Green LED lights whenever there is activity to the hard
drives.
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Diagnostic LEDs (A ‐ F) – These six Red LEDs are used to indicate various failure
modes of the system, primarily when the system fails to boot. These LEDS are
located behind the Front Base Cover, making them visible only when they are lit.
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Power On Self Test (POST) Error (A ‐ C): These three LEDS Flash during boot ‐ up.
If boot fails, different combinations of LEDs indicate the point where POST failed
to aid in troubleshooting.
BIOS
Checkpoint
Description A B C
Normal Operating condition after proper boot OFF OFF OFF
D1 Keyboard Controller BAT test. Check if waking
from power management suspend state. Save
power on CPUID value in scratch CMOS.
OFF OFF ON
D4 Test Base 512kb memory. Adjust policies and cache
first 8MB. Set stack. (Indicates Bad DIMM)
OFF ON OFF
04 Verify CMOS and update if necessary. Initialize
data variables. Also indicates that SATA device is
not initializing. (Indicates SATA Failure)
OFF ON ON
0A Initialize keyboard controller ON OFF OFF
Indicates that there is no memory detected in
system.
ON ON ON
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Temperature Warning (D): Lights when temperature threshold is exceeded and
CPU is throttling to prevent overheating. System performance may be affected
during throttling.
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CPU Voltage Bad (E): Lights if CPU is not receiving adequate power to boot the
system (Check power supply and internal connection).
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Power Supply Bad (F): Lit when power supply is not providing proper voltage to
internal connections, including powered serial ports. Isolates failure to internal
power supply. A, D, E, and F LEDs illuminate in this case.