POST Diagnostic Light Patterns
All POST codes except S0 are accompanied by a Solid Green Power light state. If the power light is not green, see Pre-POST Diagnostic Light Patterns.
1- Off
2- Off
3- Solid
4- Off
1- Off
2- Off
3- Solid
4- Solid
Suspend to RAM Windows Standby State.
1- Off
2- Green
3- Off
4- Off
1- Off
2- Green
3- Off
4- Green
1- Off
2- Green
3- Green
4- Off
1- Off
2- Blink
3- Blink
4- Blink
ACPI S0, hand off
to BIOS control
System on. BIOS not execution. This is the transition state to POST states.
1- Green
2- Off
3- Off
4- Off
1- Blink
2- Off
3- Off
4- Blink
Non-System
board Regulator
Failure
A power failure has been detected on a plug-in component such as VRM, Video Riser,
or Memory Riser.
1- Blink
2- Off
3- Blink
4- Off
PSU may be bad or PSU cable may be crimped creating a short on a main power rail.
(PS_ON asserted, PS_PWRGOOD not asserted)
1- Blink
2- Off
3- Blink
4- Blink
All PSU cables may not be properly connected to system board. (PS_ON asserted,
missing a main power rail)
1- Blink
2- Blink
3- Off
4- Off
System board
Regulator Failure
A power failure has been detected in one of the onboard system board regulators.
This could be caused by a failed system board component or by a plug-in device
creating a short on a regulated power rail. (PS_ON asserted, PS_PWRGOOD
asserted, SYS_PWRGOOD de-asserted)
1- Blink
2- Blink
3- Off
4- Blink
Hardware detected a population incompatibility with a critical system component
such as CPU, VRM, PSU, or MEMORY RISER.
1- Green
2- Green
3- Green
4- Off
1- Green
2- Green
3- Green
4- Green
Light Pattern
( 1 2 3 4 )
1- Off
2- Off
3- Off
4- Off
Power light Off. No power is supplied to the system.
1- Off
2- Off
3- Off
4- Off
Normal Operation,
ACPI S0
Power light Solid Green. System has successfully booted and is operating
normally.
1- Off
2- Off
3- Off
4- Solid
System is in
Recovery Mode
BIOS checksum failure was detected and the system is now in recovery mode.
1- Off
2- Off
3- Solid
4- Off
CPU configuration activity is in progress or a CPU failure was detected.
1- Off
2- Off
3- Solid
4- Solid
Memory subsystem configuration activity is in progress. Appropriate memory
modules were detected but a memory failure has occurred.
1- Off
2- Solid
3- Off
4- Off
PCI device configuration activity is in progress or PCI device failure was detected.