Blinking Amber
– The system is unable to boot to the operating system. This indicates that the power supply is normal but another
device in the system is failing or not installed properly.
NOTE:
To determine the device that is failing, see the light patterns .
Off
– System is in hibernation or turned off.
The power status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating failures.
For example, the power status light blinks amber two times followed by a pause, and then blinks five times followed by a pause. This 2,5
pattern continues until the computer is turned off indicating the Recovery image is not found.
The following table shows different light patterns and what they indicate:
Table 41. Diagnostic LED codes and Beep Codes
LED # of Flashes / Beep
codes
Problem description
Faults
2,1
Faulty system board
Faulty system board
2,2
Faulty system board, power supply unit
(PSU), or cabling
Faulty system board, power supply unit (PSU), or cabling
2,3
Faulty system board, CPU, or DIMMS
Faulty system board, power supply unit (PSU), or DIMMS
2,4
Faulty coin cell battery
Faulty coin cell battery
2,5
BIOS Recovery
AutoRecovery trigger, recovery image is not found or is
invalid
2,6
CPU
CPU Error
2,7
Memory
Memory SPD failure
3,3
Memory
No memory detected
3,5
Memory
Modules incompatible or invalid configuration
3,6
BIOS Recovery
On-demand trigger, recovery image is not found
3,7
BIOS Recovery
On-demand trigger, recovery image is invalid
The system may emit a series of beeps during start-up if the errors or problems cannot be displayed. The repetitive beep codes help the
user troubleshoot problems with the system.
Diagnostic error messages
Table 42. Diagnostic error messages
Error messages
Description
AUXILIARY DEVICE FAILURE
The touchpad or external mouse may be faulty. For an external
mouse, check the cable connection. Enable the
Pointing Device
option in the System Setup program.
BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME
Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in
the proper place, and used the correct path name.
CACHE DISABLED DUE TO FAILURE
The primary cache internal to the microprocessor has failed.
Contact Dell
CD DRIVE CONTROLLER FAILURE
The optical drive does not respond to commands from the
computer.
DATA ERROR
The hard drive cannot read the data.
DECREASING AVAILABLE MEMORY
One or more memory modules may be faulty or improperly seated.
Reinstall the memory modules or, if necessary, replace them.
DISK C: FAILED INITIALIZATION
The hard drive failed initialization. Run the hard drive tests in
Dell
Diagnostics
.
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System diagnostics and indicator codes
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Страница 11: ...System Information Label Figure 4 Service Information PowerEdge T40 system overview 11 ...
Страница 12: ...Figure 5 Memory information Figure 6 Jumper Settings 12 PowerEdge T40 system overview ...
Страница 13: ...Figure 7 System task PowerEdge T40 system overview 13 ...
Страница 14: ...Figure 8 Quick resource locator 14 PowerEdge T40 system overview ...
Страница 26: ...3 The Bios flash menu will open then click the browse button 26 Pre operating system management applications ...
Страница 28: ...6 Click the Begin Flash Update button 28 Pre operating system management applications ...