Service Manual

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• 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 o.
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 o indicating no memory or RAM is detected.
The following table shows dierent light patterns and describes what they indicate.
Table 8. System diagnostic lights
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
The computer 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 computer.
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.
• Solid white – Camera is in use.
• O – Camera is not in use.
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