Chapter 52: Diagnostics - Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Manual Del Usuario

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.
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.
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 the different power and battery-status light patterns and associated problems.
Light Pattern
2,1
2,2
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
2,7
3,1
3,2
3,3
3,4
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.
● Off – Camera is not in use.
Caps Lock status light-
Indicates whether Caps Lock is enabled or disabled.
Problem description
CPU failure
System board: BIOS and ROM failure
No memory or RAM detected
Memory or RAM failure
Invalid memory installed
System board or chipset error
LCD failure
CMOS battery failure
PCI or video card or chip failure
Recovery image not found
Recovery image found but invalid
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