https://vamota.com/tech/tags/dell-laptops/ Recent content in Dell Laptops on handy tech tips & reminders Hugo en-gb Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:52:44 +0100 https://vamota.com/tech/posts/dell-latitude-blink-codes/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:52:44 +0100 https://vamota.com/tech/posts/dell-latitude-blink-codes/ <p>When a Dell laptop encounters a hardware problem, it may blink its LEDs in a certain pattern, which indicates where the fault lies.</p> <h2 id="dell-latitude-2017-2023">Dell Latitude 2017-2023</h2> <p>The battery charge LED will blink X times in <strong>amber</strong> (orange) colour, then Y times in <strong>white</strong>.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>X , Y</th> <th>FAULT</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>2 , 1</td> <td>CPU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 2</td> <td>Motherboard BIOS/ROM error</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 3</td> <td>No RAM detected</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 4</td> <td>RAM failure</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 5</td> <td>invalid RAM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 6</td> <td>motherboard Chipset error</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 7</td> <td>LCD failure</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 , 8</td> <td>LCD power rail failure</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 1</td> <td>RTC/CMOS battery</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 2</td> <td>PCI or graphics/video card</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 3</td> <td>BIOS recovery image not found</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 4</td> <td>BIOS recovery image invalid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 5</td> <td>Power rail failure</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 6</td> <td>SBIOS flash corruption</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 , 7</td> <td>ME error</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="latitude-2015-2017">Latitude 2015-2017</h2> <p>Same blink codes as above, but it&rsquo;s the <strong>Power button LED</strong> which flashes.</p>