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
•
Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged.
•
Computer is running on battery and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
•
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
2,6
System board or chipset error
2,7
LCD failure
3,1
CMOS battery failure
3,2
PCI or video card or chip failure
3,3
Recovery image not found
3,4
Recovery image found but invalid
3,5
Power rail failure
3,6
SBIOS flash corruption
3,7
Timeout waiting on ME to reply to HECI message
Camera status light:
Indicates whether the camera is in use.
•
Solid white — Camera is in use.
•
Off — Camera is not in use.
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Troubleshooting
Содержание Inspiron 3480
Страница 8: ...Flea power release 138 8 Contents ...
Страница 21: ...Replacing the base cover 21 ...
Страница 23: ...Removing the battery 23 ...
Страница 31: ...Removing the wireless card 31 ...
Страница 35: ...Removing the coin cell battery 35 ...
Страница 39: ...Removing the fan 39 ...
Страница 43: ...Removing the heat sink 43 ...
Страница 52: ...52 Removing the hard drive ...
Страница 57: ...Removing the touchpad 57 ...
Страница 61: ...Removing the speakers 61 ...
Страница 65: ...Removing the I O board 65 ...
Страница 69: ...5 Lift the palm rest and keyboard assembly at an angle Removing the display assembly 69 ...
Страница 71: ...7 After performing all the above steps you are left with display assembly Removing the display assembly 71 ...
Страница 72: ...72 Removing the display assembly ...
Страница 76: ...76 Removing the power button board ...
Страница 81: ...Removing the system board 81 ...
Страница 87: ...Removing the power button with fingerprint reader 87 ...
Страница 91: ...Removing the power adapter port 91 ...
Страница 95: ...Removing the palm rest and keyboard assembly 95 ...
Страница 100: ...100 Removing the display bezel ...
Страница 104: ...104 Removing the camera ...
Страница 113: ...Removing the display hinges 113 ...
Страница 117: ...Removing the display cable 117 ...
Страница 121: ...Removing the display back cover and antenna assembly 121 ...