E6430 / E6530 Device Status LEDs

The device status LEDs are usually located either on the top or left side of the keyboard. They
are used to display the storage, battery and wireless devices connectivity and activity. Apart from
that they can be useful as a diagnostic tool when there's a possible failure to the system.

Here's how to read the notebook LED codes when a possible error occurs:
Diagnostic LED
Storage LED Power LED Wireless LED Fault Description

Blinking Solid Solid A possible processor failure occurred.

The memory modules are detected
Solid Blinking Solid
but has encountered an error.
Blinking Blinking Blinking A system board failure has occurred.
A possible graphics card/video failure
Blinking Blinking Solid
has occurred.
System failed on hard drive
Blinking Blinking Off initialization OR System failed in
Option ROM initialization.
The USB controller encountered a
Blinking Off Blinking
problem during initialization.
No memory modules are
Solid Blinking Blinking
installed/detected.
The LCD encountered a problem
Blinking Solid Blinking
during initialization.
The modem is preventing the system
Off Blinking Blinking
from completing POST.
Memory failed to initialize or
Off Blinking Off
memory is unsupported.