Dell Precision 7820 - Page 98

State State Name Power Light: Amber
Blinking
Amber Blinking
Pattern
Problem Description Suggested
Resolution
S2 CPU 2, 6 2 blinks followed by a
short pause, 6 blinks,
long pause, then
repeats
Bad Processor
• CPU
conguration
activity is in
progress or a
CPU failure was
detected.
• Contact Tech
Support
S3 MEM 2, 7 2 blinks followed by a
short pause, 7 blinks,
long pause, then
repeats
Memory failures
• Memory
subsystem
conguration
activity is in
progress.
Appropriate
memory modules
were detected
but a memory
failure has
occurred.
• If you can assist
to troubleshoot,
narrow down the
issue with
reseating
memory and
swapping a
known good
memory if
available.
• If nothing works,
contact Tech
Support.
S4 PCI 3, 1 3 blinks followed by a
short pause, 1 blink,
long pause, then
repeats
PCI Device or Video
subsystem failures
• PCI device
conguration
activity is in
progress or PCI
device failure
was detected.
• If you can assist
to troubleshoot,
narrow down the
issue by
reseating PCI
card and
removing one by
one to determine
which card failed.
• Contact Tech
Support.
S5 VID 3, 2 3 blinks followed by a
short pause, 2 blinks,
long pause, then
repeats
Video Subsystem
failure
• Video subsystem
conguration
activity in
progress or video
subsystem
failure.
• If customer can
assist to
troubleshoot,
narrow down the
issue by
removing one by
98 Troubleshooting