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Preboot blinking power button codes
Table 20. Power button LED state
Power Button LED State Description
Off Power is Off. LED is blank.
Blinking Amber Initial State of LED at power up. See the table below for
Blinking Amber pattern diagnostic suggestions and possible
failures.
Blinking White System is in a low power state, either S1 or S3. This does not
indicate a fault condition.
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 fine.
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 21. 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
1-4 1 amber blink followed by a
short pause, 4 white blinks,
long pause, then repeats
Bad Coin cell
Replace Coin cell
If issue persists, replace
system board
2-1 2 amber blinks followed by
a short pause, 1 white blink,
long pause, then repeats
Bad Processor
CPU configuration activity
is in progress or a CPU
failure was detected.
Contact Tech Support
If you can assist
to troubleshoot, narrow
down the issue by
ensuring CPU 0 is
installed, CPU0 and CPU1
is an idendical matching
pair and swapping a known
good CPUs if available.
If nothing works, contact
Tech Support
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