Chapter 4 System Support
Compaq iPAQ Series of Desktop Personal Computers
Second Edition – February 2001
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4.6.3 SYSTEM STATUS
The iPAQ 2.0 systems provide a visual indication of system boot and ROM flash status through the
keyboard LEDs as listed in table 4-8.
NOTE: The LED indications listed in Table 4-8 are valid only for PS/2-type
keyboards. A USB keyboard will not provide LED status for the listed events, although
audible (beep) indications will occur.
Table 4-8. iPAQ 2.0 System Boot/ROM Flash Status LED Indications
Table 4-8.
IPAQ 2.0 System Boot/ROM Flash Status LED Indications
Event
NUM Lock
LED
CAPs Lock
LED
Scroll Lock
LED
System memory failure [1] Blinking Off Off
Graphics controller failure [2] Off Blinking Off
System failure prior to graphics cntlr. initialization [3] Off Off Blinking
ROMPAQ diskette not present, faulty, or drive prob. On Off Off
Password prompt Off On Off
Invalid ROM detected - flash failed Blinking [4] Blinking [4] Blinking [4]
Keyboard locked in network mode Blinking [5] Blinking [5] Blinking [5]
Successful boot block ROM flash On [6] On [6] On [6]
NOTES:
[1] Accompanied by 1 short, 2 long audio beeps
[2] Accompanied by 1 long, 2 short audio beeps
[3] Accompanied by 2 long, 1 short audio beeps
[4] All LEDs will blink in sync twice, accompanied by 1 long and three short audio beeps
[5] LEDs will blink in sequence (NUM Lock, then CAPs Lock, then Scroll Lock)
[6] Accompanied by rising audio tone.
Table 4-9 lists the operation status codes provided by the iPAQ 2.0 power LED on the front of the
chassis.
Table 4-9. System Status LED Indications
Table 4-9.
IPAQ 2.0 System Status LED Indications
System Status Power LED
S0: System on (normal operation) Steady green
S1: Suspend Blinks green @ 1 Hz
S3: Suspend to RAM Blinks green @ 0.5 Hz
S4: Suspend to disk Blinks green @ 0.25 Hz
S5: Soft off Off - clear
Processor not seated Steady red
CPU thermal shutdown Blinks red @ 4 Hz
ROM error Blinks red @ 1 Hz
Power supply crowbar activated Blinks red @ .5 Hz
System off Off