User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Precision 5820 Tower Owner's Manual
- Working on your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Screw size list
- Recommended tools
- Side cover
- Power supply unit (PSU)
- Front bezel
- Hard Disk Drive bezel
- Hard disk drive assembly
- Slim Optical Disk Drive
- Front input and output bezel
- Optical Disk Drive
- 5.25 inch ODD bracket
- Front input and output panel
- Input and output panel bracket
- Intruder switch
- Internal chassis speaker
- Air shroud
- Memory
- Expansion card
- Coin cell battery
- System fan
- Fan bracket
- PCIe holder
- Heat sink and CPU fan assembly
- Processor
- Front system fan
- System board
- Technology and components
- System specifications
- System Setup
- Software
- Troubleshooting
- Contacting Dell
Power Button LED State Description
Solid Amber The second state of the LED at power up, indicates that the
POWER_GOOD signal is active and it is probable that the power
supply is ne.
Solid White System is in S0 state. This is the normal power states of a
functioning machine. The BIOS will turn the LED to this states to
indicate it has started fetching op-codes.
Table 19. Diagnostic Indicator table
Power Light: Amber-White
Blinking
Amber/White Blinking Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
1-1 1 amber blink followed by a short
pause, 1 white blink, long pause,
then repeats
Faulty System board
To troubleshoot the issue with
system board, contact Tech
support.
1-2 1 amber blink followed by a short
pause, 2 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Bad system board, Power
Supply or Power Supply cabling
• If you can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue with PSU BIST
Test, reseat cable.
• If nothing works, contact
Tech Support
1-3 1 amber blink followed by a short
pause, 3 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Bad system board, Memory or
Processor
• If you can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by reseating
memory and swapping a
known good memory if
available.
• If nothing works, contact
Tech Support
2-1 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 1 white blink, long
pause, then repeats
Bad Processor
• CPU conguration activity is
in progress or a CPU failure
was detected.
• Contact Tech Support
2-2 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 2 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Motherboard: BIOS ROM failure
• System is in Recovery Mode.
• Flash latest BIOS version. If
problem persists, contact
Tech Support
2-3 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 3 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
No Memory
• If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing the
memory module one by one
to determine which one
failed and swapping to a
known good memory if
available to conrm.
• Contact Tech Support
2-4 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 4 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Memory/RAM failure
• If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing the
memory module one by one
to determine which one
failed and swapping to a
Troubleshooting 89