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Diagnostic beep codes – Dell Vostro 260s (Mid 2011) User Manual

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Power LED Light Status

Possible Cause

Troubleshooting Steps

+5VSB rail on the power
supply is working correctly.

Ensure the main power

cable and front panel

cable are securely

connected to the

system board.

Steady White

The computer is fully
functional and in the On
state.

If the computer is not
responding, do the
following:

Ensure the display is

connected and turned

on.

If the display is

connected and turned

on, listen for a beep

code.

Diagnostic Beep Codes

Beep

Possible Cause

Troubleshooting Steps

1

BIOS ROM checksum in
progress of failure.

System board failure,
covers BIOS corruption or
ROM error

2

No RAM detected

No memory detected

3

Chipset Error (North

and South Bridge

Chipset, DMA/IMR/

Timer Error for Intel

platform); Chipset Error

Time-Of-Day Clock test

failure

Gate A20 failure

Super I/O chip failure

Keyboard controller

test failure

System board Failure

4

RAM Read/Write failure

Memory failure

5

RTC Power Fail

COMS battery failure

6

Video BIOS Test Failure

Video card failure

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