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Compaq Deskpro EXS and Workstation 300 Personal Computers
Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
First Edition - December 2000
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4.7.3 SYSTEM STATUS
These systems provide a visual indication of system boot and ROM flash status through the
keyboard LEDs as listed in table 4-12.
NOTE: The LED indications listed in Table 4-12 are valid only for PS/2-type
keyboards. A USB keyboard will not provide LED status for the listed events, although
audible (beep) indications will occur.
Table 4-12. System Boot/ROM Flash Status LED Indications
Table 4-12.
System Boot/ROM Flash Status LED Indications
Event
NUM Lock
LED
CAPs Lock
LED
Scroll Lock
LED
System memory failure [1] Blinking Off Off
Graphics controller failure [2] Off Blinking Off
System failure prior to graphics cntlr. initialization [3] Off Off Blinking
ROMPAQ diskette not present, faulty, or drive prob. On Off Off
Password prompt Off On Off
Invalid ROM detected - flash failed Blinking [4] Blinking [4] Blinking [4]
Keyboard locked in network mode Blinking [5] Blinking [5] Blinking [5]
Successful boot block ROM flash On [6] On [6] On [6]
NOTES:
[1] Accompanied by 1 short, 2 long audio beeps
[2] Accompanied by 1 long, 2 short audio beeps
[3] Accompanied by 2 long, 1 short audio beeps
[4] All LEDs will blink in sync twice, accompanied by 1 long and three short audio beeps
[5] LEDs will blink in sequence (NUM Lock, then CAPs Lock, then Scroll Lock)
[6] Accompanied by rising audio tone.
Table 4-13 lists the operation status codes provided by the power LED on the front of the chassis.
Note that error or problem conditions are reported only by the power LED on the minitower.
Table 4-13. System Operational Status LED Indications
Table 4-13.
System Operational Status LED Indications
System Status
Desktop
Power LED
Minitower
Power LED
S0: System on (normal operation) Steady green Steady green
S1: Suspend Blinks green @ 1 Hz Blinks green @ 1 Hz
S3: Suspend to RAM Blinks green @ 1 Hz Blinks green @ 1 Hz
S4: Suspend to disk Blinks green @ 0.5 Hz Blinks green @ 0.5 Hz
S5: Soft off Off - clear Off - clear
Processor not seated Off - clear Steady red
CPU thermal shutdown Off - clear Blinks red @ 4 Hz
ROM error Off - clear Blinks red @ 1 Hz
Power supply crowbar activated Off - clear Blinks red @ .5 Hz
System off Off - clear Off