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Details on M2p cards status LED
Details on M2p cards status LED
Every M2p card has a two-color status LED mounted at the very bottom location of the PCIe bracket.
Different color codes of the status LED
This chapter explains the different color codes and offers some possible solutions in case of an error condition.
Turning on card identification LED
To enable/disable the cards LED indicator mode or to read out the current setting, please use the following register:
The default for the card identification register is the OFF state.
Table 106: color coding of the status LED
Condition
LED color
Status
Solution
O.K.
(Booting)
temporarily static: red
PCI Express enumeration has
not finished, PCIe Reset is still
active
Red LED should turn off latest as soon as all BIOS messages have disappeared and the PCs
operating system boot screen shows up.
Error
Static: red
Power supply error
Restart the PC. In case that the error persists, please contact Spectrum support for further assis
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tance.
Fast blinking (approx. 8 Hz):
green - off - green - off ...
PCI Express link training has
not yet finished
1) Power down the PC, un-plug and re-plug the card to verify that there is a proper contact
between the card and the slot.
2) Try another PCI Express slot, maybe the currently used one is not properly working.
3) In case that this error is occurring after a firmware update or of the above steps did not help,
please contact Spectrum support for assistance on how to boot the card’s golden recovery
image.
Strobed fast blinking (approx. 8 Hz
strobes every half second):
green/off - off - green/off - off ...
Internal PCIe error
O.K.
Static: green
Card is ready for operation
(at full PCIe speed)
A full width PCIe link has been established (PCIe x4, Gen 1) and the card is ready for opera
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tion.
Static: off
Card is ready for operation
(at reduced PCIe speed)
A reduced speed PCIe link has been established with less than all of the possible 4 lanes. The
card is ready for operation, but the data transfer throughput over the PCI Express bus is
reduced.
For getting the highest PCIe performance please consult your PC or motherboard manual for
details on the PCI Express slots of your system.
Slow blinking (approx. 1 Hz):
green - off - green - off ...
Indicator mode on
To ease the identification of a specific card in a multi-card system without un-installing the card
it is possible to activate the card identification status by software. This mode changes the static
„Ready for Operation“ indication (see above) into a slowly green blinking state.
Register
Value
Direction
Description
SPC_CARDIDENTIFICATION
201500
read/write
Writing a ’1’ turns on the LED card indicator mode, writing a ’0’ turns off the LED indicator mode.
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