The following table depicts the amber blinking patterns with possible troubleshooting

resolution:

Power Light
Amber
State : Problem
State Blinking Suggested Resolution
Name Amber Description
Pattern
Blinking
2 blinks
followed by
a short
Bad
- - 2, 1 pause, 1 Replace the motherboard
Motherboard
blink, long
pause, then
repeats
2 blinks If customer can assist to
followed by Bad troubleshoot, narrow down the
a short Motherboard, issue with PSU BIST Test,
- - 2, 2 pause, 2 Power Supply reseat cable.
blinks, long or Power If nothing works, replace the
pause, then Supply cabling motherboard, power supply or
repeats cabling
If customer can assist to
2 blinks
troubleshoot, narrow down the
followed by
Bad issue by reseating memory
a short
Motherboard, and swapping a known good
- - 2, 3 pause, 3
Memory or memory if available.
blinks, long
Processor If nothing works, replace the
pause, then
motherboard, memory or
repeats
processor
2 blinks If customer can assist to
followed by troubleshoot, narrow down the
a short issue by swapping a known
Bad coin cell
- - 2, 4 pause, 4 good coin cell battery if
battery
blinks, long available.
pause, then If nothing works, replace the
repeats coin cell battery
S1 RCM 2, 5 2 blinks BIOS System is in Recovery Mode.
followed by Checksum
a short Failure Flash latest BIOS version. If
pause, 5 problem persists, replace the
 blinks, long
pause, then motherboard
repeats
2 blinks
followed by
CPU configuration activity is in
a short
progress or a CPU failure was
S2 CPU 2, 6 pause, 6 Bad Processor
detected.
blinks, long
Replace the processor
pause, then
repeats
Memory subsystem
configuration activity is in
progress. Appropriate memory
2 blinks
modules were detected but a
followed by
memory failure has occurred.
a short
Memory If customer can assist to
S3 MEM 2, 7 pause, 7
failures troubleshoot, narrow down the
blinks, long
issue with reseating memory
pause, then
and swapping a known good
repeats
memory if available.
If nothing works, replace the
memory.
PCI device configuration
activity is in progress or PCI
device failure was detected.
3 blinks
If customer can assist to
followed by
PCI Device or troubleshoot, narrow down the
a short
Video issue by reseating PCI card
S4 PCI 3, 1 pause, 1
subsystem and removing one by one to
blink, long
failures determine which card failed.
pause, then
If identified the PCI card failed,
repeats
replace the PCI Card.
If none of the PCI Cards failed,
replace the motherboard.
S5 VID 3, 2 3 blinks Video Video subsystem
followed by Subsystem configuration activity in
a short failure progress or video subsystem
pause, 2 failure.
blinks, long If customer can assist to
pause, then troubleshoot, narrow down the
 issue by removing one by one
to determine which card
failed.
repeats If identified the card failed,
replace the card.
If none of the card failed,
replace the motherboard.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down the
3 blinks issue by removing one by one
followed by memory to determine which
a short one failed and swapping to a
No Memory
S6 STO 3, 3 pause, 3 known good memory if
detected
blinks, long available to confirm.
pause, then If identified the memory failed,
repeats replace the memory.
If none of the memory failed,
replace the motherboard.
Possible storage device
configuration in progress or
storage subsystem failure.
3 blinks
If customer can assist to
followed by
troubleshoot, narrow down the
a short Storage
issue by removing one by one
S7 USB 3, 4 pause, 4 Subsystem
storages on motherboard to
blinks, long failure
determine which one failed.
pause, then
If identified the storage failed,
repeats
replace the storage.
If none of the storage failed,
replace the motherboard.
S8 MEM 3, 5 3 blinks Memory Memory subsystem
followed by configuration configuration activity is in
a short or progress. No memory modules
pause, 5 incompatible were detected.
blinks, long error If customer can assist to
pause, then troubleshoot, narrow down the
repeats issue by removing one by one
the memory on motherboard
to determine which one failed.
Also, combining the
 configuration to validate
appropriate combination.
If identified the component
failed, replace the component.
If none of the component
failed, replace the
motherboard.
Fatal system board failure
detected.
If customer can assist to
troubleshoot, narrow down the
3 blinks
issue by removing one by one
followed by
the component on
a short
System board motherboard to determine
S9 MBF 3, 6 pause, 6
failure which one failed.
blinks, long
If identified any of the
pause, then
component failed, replace the
repeats
component.
If none of the component
failed, replace the
motherboard.
Memory subsystem
configuration activity is in
progress. Memory modules
have been detected but appear
3 blinks to be incompatible or in an
followed by invalid configuration.
a short If customer can assist to
Possible
S10 MEM 3, 7 pause, 7 troubleshoot, narrow down the
memory failure
blinks, long issue by removing one by one
pause, then the memory on motherboard
repeats to determine which one failed.
If identified the memory failed,
replace the memory.
If else, replace the
motherboard.