Dell Precision 350: Beep Codes Error Messages Diagnostic Lights

Configuration Displays your hardware configuration for the selected

device.

The Dell Diagnostics obtains your configuration

information for all devices from system setup, memory,

and various internal tests and displays it in the device

list in the left pane of the screen. The device list may

not display the names of all the components installed on

your computer or all devices attached to your computer.

Parameters Allows you to customize the test by changing the test

settings.

4 When the tests are completed, if you are running the Dell Diagnostics

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from the Drivers and Utilities CD, remove the CD.

5 Close the test screen to return to the Main Menu screen. To exit the

Dell Diagnostics and restart the computer, close the Main Menu

screen.

Beep Codes

Your computer might emit a series of beeps that identify a problem. One

possible series (code 1-3-1) consists of one beep, a burst of three beeps, and

then one beep. This series tell you that the computer encountered a

memory problem.

If a beep code is emitted, write it down and look it up under "Beep Codes"

in the User’s Guide.

Error Messages

NOTE: If the message is

If an error occurs during start-up, a message may be displayed on the

not listed, see the

monitor identifying the problem. See "Error Messages" in the User’s Guide

documentation for either

for suggestions on resolving any problems.

the operating system or

the program that was

running when the message

Diagnostic Lights

appeared.

To help you troubleshoot a problem, your computer is equipped with four

lights on the back panel labeled "A," "B," "C," and "D". These lights can be

yellow or green. When the computer starts normally, the lights flash. After

the computer starts, the lights remain green. If the computer malfunctions,

the color and sequence of the lights identify the problem.

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