Dell G5 5000 Power Supply Blinks: How to Decode. And why your Video Card doesn't work.
I have the i5 version of the Dell G5 5000 desktop. Here's the info table.
Read down for the issue with two video cards I had.
3 amber blinks, 2 white blinks indicates
"
| PCI of Video card/chip failure |
but I'm pretty sure it isn't. Keep reading.
| DIAGNOSTIC LIGHT CODES (AMBER, WHITE) | PROBLEM DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 1,2 | Unrecoverable SPI Flash Failure |
| 2,1 | CPU configuration or CPU failure |
| 2,2 | System board: BIOS or Read-Only Memory (ROM) failure |
| 2,3 | No memory or Random-Access Memory (RAM) detected |
| 2,4 | Memory or Random-Access Memory (RAM) failure |
| 2,5 | Invalid memory installed |
| 2,6 | System board/Chipset Error/Clock failure/Gate A20 failure/Super I/O failure/Keyboard controller failure |
| 3,1 | CMOS battery failure |
| 3,2 | PCI of Video card/chip failure |
| 3,3 | BIOS Recovery 1: BIOS recovery image not found |
| 3,4 | BIOS Recovery 2: Recovery image found but invalid |
| 3,5 | Power Rail Failure: EC ran into power sequencing failure |
| 3,6 | Paid SPI Volume Error |
| 3,7 | Management Engine (ME) error. Timeout waiting on ME to reply to HECI message. |
| 4,2 | CPU Power cable connection issue |
I removed my 1660Ti to do some other work with it (wink) and tried a GT430 (1gb) and a 9600GSO (wow!) but nether card worked.
Summary: cards are just too old.
I had to put a 1050ti in it to install Windows. Won't even boot without a newer card I guess.
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