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 Light: Amber-White
Blinking
Amber/White Blinking Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
known good memory if
available to conrm.
• Contact Tech Support
2-5 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 5 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Invalid memory installed
• Memory subsystem
conguration activity is in
progress. Memory modules
have been detected but
appear to be incompatible or
in an invalid conguration.
• If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing one by
one the memory on
motherboard to determine
which one failed.
• Contact Tech Support.
2-6 2 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 6 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
Motherboard: Chipset
• Fatal system board failure
detected.
• If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down
the issue by removing one by
one the component on
motherboard to determine
which one failed.
• If you identied any of the
components failed, replace
the Component.
• Contact Tech Support.
3-2 3 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 2 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
PCI Device or Video
• PCI device conguration
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.
3-3 3 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 3 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
BIOS Recovery 1
• System is in Recovery Mode.
• Flash latest BIOS version. If
problem persists, contact
Tech Support
3-4 3 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 4 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
BIOS Recovery 2
• System is in Recovery Mode.
• Flash latest BIOS version. If
problem persists, contact
Tech Support
4-6 4 amber blinks followed by a
short pause, 6 white blinks, long
pause, then repeats
RAID Volume degraded
• RAID volume is degraded.
• If you can assist to
troubleshoot, us F12 menu to
enter Device Conguration
tab. Rebuild the RAID
volume if possible
90 Troubleshooting