System-diagnostic lights
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 battery-status light blinks amber along with beep codes indicating failures.
For example, the 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 power and battery-status light patterns and associated problems.
Table 41. System-diagnostic lights
Blinking pattern
Problem description Suggested resolutionAmber White
1 1 TPM detection failure
Replace the system board.
1 2 Unrecoverable SPI Flash
Failure
Replace the system board.
1 3 Short in hinge cable tripped
OCP1
Check if the display cable
(EDP) is seated properly
or pinched at the hinges.
If problem persists, replace
either display cable (EDP) or
display assembly (LCD).
1 4 Short in hinge cable tripped
OCP2
Check if the display cable
(EDP) is seated properly
or pinched at the hinges.
If problem persists, replace
either display cable (EDP) or
display assembly (LCD)
1 5 EC unable to program i-Fuse
Replace the system board.
1 6 Generic catch-all for
ungraceful EC code flow
errors
Disconnect all power source
(AC, battery, coin cell) and
drain flea power by pressing
and holding down power
button for 3~5 seconds.
1 7
Non-RPMC Flash on Boot
Guard fused system
Replace the system board.
2 1 CPU failure
● Run the Dell Support
Assist/Dell Diagnostics
tool.
● If problem persists,
replace the system board.
2 2 System board failure (included
BIOS corruption or ROM
error)
● Flash latest BIOS version
● If problem persists,
replace the system board.
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