
Running the ePSA diagnostics
1
Turn on your computer.
2 As the computer boots, press the F12 key as the Dell logo appears.
3 On the boot menu screen, select the Diagnostics option.
4 Click the arrow at the bottom left corner.
Diagnostics front page is displayed.
5 Click the arrow in the lower-right corner to go to the page listing.
The items detected are listed.
6 To run a diagnostic test on a specific device, press Esc and click Yes to stop the diagnostic test.
7 Select the device from the left pane and click Run Tests.
8 If there are any issues, error codes are displayed.
Note the error code and validation number and contact Dell.
System diagnostic lights
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.
NOTE: Hard-drive activity light is supported only on computers shipped with 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
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Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged.
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Computer is running on battery and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
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Computer is in sleep state, hibernation, or turned off
NOTE: Hard-drive activity light is supported only on computers shipped with hard drive.
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 different light patterns and describes what they indicate.
Table 14. Diagnostics
Light pattern
Problem description
2,1
CPU failure
2,2
System board: BIOS and ROM failure
2,3
No memory or RAM detected
2,4
Memory or RAM failure
2,5
Invalid memory installed
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Страница 18: ...3 Tighten the six captive screws that secure the base cover to the computer base 18 ...
Страница 20: ...3 Lift the battery off the palm rest assembly 20 ...
Страница 23: ...3 Remove the memory module from the memory module slot 23 ...
Страница 26: ...5 Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card 26 ...
Страница 28: ...Post requisites Replace the base cover 28 ...
Страница 38: ...Post requisites Replace the base cover 38 ...
Страница 45: ...4 Replace the base cover 45 ...
Страница 49: ...6 Lift the touchpad off the palm rest assembly 49 ...
Страница 54: ...12 Lift the display assembly off the palm rest assembly 54 ...
Страница 59: ...13 Lift the computer base off the palm rest assembly 59 ...
Страница 63: ...4 Lift the heat sink assembly off the system board 63 ...
Страница 68: ...7 Replace the base cover 68 ...
Страница 70: ...4 Lift the processor straight up to remove it from the system board 70 ...
Страница 73: ...5 Lift the graphics card off the system board 73 ...
Страница 75: ...6 Replace the battery 7 Replace the base cover 75 ...
Страница 78: ...11 Remove the left power adapter port 78 ...
Страница 79: ...12 After performing all the above steps you are left with the system board 79 ...
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Страница 86: ...10 Replace the battery 11 Replace the base cover 86 ...
Страница 89: ...8 Lift the keyboard from bottom and slide out of the clips at top 89 ...
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Страница 95: ...11 Replace the battery 12 Replace the base cover 95 ...
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