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Inspiron Desktops

Beep/LED Codes.
Power LED Blinking/Beep Code
LED/Beep Code 	Fault Description 	Fault(s) 	Suggested Action
1 	Motherboard: BIOS ROM Failure 	Motherboard, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error 	Run the Dell Diagnostics
2 	Memory 	No Memory (RAM) detected 	Troubleshoot the Memory
3 	Motherboard: Chipset 	

    Chipset Error (North and South bridge error
    Time-Of-Day Clock test failure
    Gate A20 failure
    Super I/O chip failure
    Keyboard controller failure

	Run the Dell Diagnostics
4 	Memory 	Memory (RAM) Failure 	Troubleshoot the Memory
5 	Real Time Clock Power Failure 	CMOS battery failure 	Try reseating the CMOS Battery and run the Dell Diagnostics if that does not resolve the issue
6 	Video BIOS 	Video card/chip failure 	Run the Dell Diagnostics
7 	Central Processing Unit (CPU) 	Central Processing Unit (CPU) Failure 	Run the Dell Diagnostics
Power LED Status 	Power State
Off 	Power is off or the system is in an S4 (hibernate) or S5 power state.
LED is blank.
Solid White 	The computer is in power-on state.
Solid Amber 	The system board cannot start initialization. There may be an issue with the system board, memory, processor or the power supply.
Blinking Amber 	The system board cannot start initialization or in an S3 power state. There is a power problem, a device may be malfunctioning or incorrectly installed.