Help needed to decode Toshiba SP6000 blink codes

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80n80n@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a Toshiba SP6000 laptop that not functioning. It is saying the
> following to me using the Orange DC in led:
> dot-dash-dot-dot-dot-dash-dash-dot.
>
> I have found some instructions for decoding this for a Tecra 8100
> which *might* be relevant but I'm hopeless at binary to hex
> conversion and don't know how to convert 01000110 into the
> appropriate error code.
>
> Following are the instructions. Can anyone figure out what the
> diagnosis should be?
>
> Many thanks
> Etienne
>
> --Instructions---
> If the power supply microprocessor detects a malfunction, the DC IN
> icon
> blinks orange. The blink pattern indicates an error as shown below.
>
> Start Off for 2 seconds
>
> Error code (8 bit)
> "1" On for one second
> "0" On for half second
> Interval between data bits Off for half second
> The error code begins with the least significant digit.
>
> Convert the DC IN icon blink pattern into the hexadecimal error code
> and compare it to the tables below.
>
> DC IN
> Error code Meaning
> 01h AC Adapter output voltage is over 16.5V (15V+10%).
> 02h Enhanced Port Replicator III output voltage is over 16.5V
> (15V+10%).
> 04h AC adapter output current is over 3.96A (3.6A+10%).
>
> Battery pack
> Error code Meaning
> 10h Main battery voltage is over 13.86V (12.6V+10%) or
> BATOV1 signal is detected.
> 11h Main battery charge current is over 3.96A (3.6A+10%).
> 12h Current flows from the main battery when the AC adapter is
> connected.
> 13h Current flows toward the main battery when the AC adapter
> is not connected.
> 14h Second battery voltage is over 13.86V (12.6V+10%) or
> BATOV2 signal is detected.
> 15h Second battery charge current is over 3.96A (3.6A+10%).
> 16h Current flows from the second battery when the AC adapter
> is connected.
> 17h Current flows toward the second battery when the AC
> adapter is not connected.
>
> B5V output
> Error code Meaning
> 20h B5V voltage is over 5.5V (5V+10%).
> 21h B5V voltage is under 4.5V (5V-10%) when the computer is
> powered on.
> 24h B5V voltage is under 4.5V (5V-10%) when the computer is
> suspended.
>
> B3V output
> Error code Meaning
> 30h B3V voltage is over 3.63V (3.3V+10%).
> 31h B3V voltage is under 2.97V (3.3V-10%) when the computer
> is powered on.
> 34h B3V voltage is under 2.97V (3.3V-10%) when the computer
> is suspended.
>
> B12V output
> Error code Meaning
> 40h B12V voltage is over 13.2V (12V+10%).
> 41h B12V voltage is under 10.8V (12V-10%).
>
> CPUV2 output
> Error code Meaning
> 60h CPUV2 voltage is over 2.75V (2.5V+10%).
> 61h CPUV2 voltage is 2.25V (2.5V-10%) when the computer is
> powered on.
>
> Environmental condition
> Error code Meaning
> 80h CPU temperature is over 125øC or below -20øC.
> 81h Temperature near the HDD is over 125øC or below -20øC.
> 82h Temperature near the PC card slot is over 125øC or below
> -20øC.
> 88h CPU temperature is over 90øC, so the system enters
> resume mode and automatically shuts down.
> 89h Temperature near the HDD is over 90øC, so the system
> enters resume mode and automatically shuts down.
> 8Ah Temperature near the PC card slot is over 90øC, so the
> system enters resume mode and automatically shuts down.


It's 70 decimal. Bookmark this helpful link:
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~gurwitz/core5/nav2to...

01000110: each binary digit, from right to left:
0 * 2^0 (two to the zero power) = 0 [the zeroeth power of any number is
1 (one)]
1 * 2^1 = 2 [the first power of any number is the number itself]
1 * 2^2 = 4
0 * 2^3 = 0
0 * 2^4 = 0
0 * 2^5 = 0
1 * 2^6 = 64
_________
2+4+64 = 70

Q

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But it says "the error code begins with the least signficant digit", so
wouldn't that make it:
01100010:
0*2^0 = 0
1*2^1 = 2
0*2^2 = 0
0*2^3 = 0
0*2^4 = 0
1*2^5 = 32
1*2^6 = 64

64+32+2=98=62h

But neither 62h nor 46h (70 decimal) are in the table, so I'm guessing
that Tecra 8100 codes are not applicable to the Satellite pro range.

Etienne