Dell XPS 15 - Diagnostics

Identifier GUID-80DC43D6-1463-45B2-A696-31AA152DE5AE
Status Released
Diagnostics
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.
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• 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 o.
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 o indicating no memory or RAM is detected.
The following table shows dierent light patterns and what they indicate.
Table 15. Diagnostics
Light Pattern Problem description
2,1 CPU failure
2,2 System board: BIOS and ROM failure
2,3 No memory or RAM detected
2,4 Memory or RAM failure
2,5 Invalid memory installed
2,6 System board or chipset error
2,7 LCD failure
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