Turn on my brother hl 2170w printer -led lights up tone and drum yellow error is red and nothing else-doesnt even warm up there is no paper jam nothing-printer just sits there.

You need to slide the Green button on the Drum left -right 4-5 times and blow hard air in that area

First it's a good idea to be certain of what the error is, if any.
You can find that information out on this page:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faq/000000/000100/000070/faq000170_017.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hl2170w_all&Cat=11

Then if there is no error, or fixing the error does not get rid of the blinking light, you may have to reset the machine to factory settings, which can be done by following the steps on this page:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faq/000000/000100/000005/faq000105_012.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hl2170w_all

hope this helps you! :)

Hi There,

The Drum LED and the Error LED alternates turning on and off.

Meaning of LED Indication

Drum error:
The corona wire needs to be cleaned. To see how to clean the corona wire, click here.

Please click on YES if this helps,

Thanks,

Vikroks

To reset the drum message:
Open the front door
Press and hold down the white button for about 4 seconds. Once all 4 LEDs are lit, release the button.
Close the front cover. Make sure that the Drum LED is now off.
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To reset the drum message:
Open the front door
Press and hold down the white button for about 4 seconds. Once all 4 LEDs are lit, release the button.
Close the front cover. Make sure that the Drum LED is now off.

Turn the printer off, Open the front cover where the drum and toner are installed. Remove the drum and toner (cartridge). look inside the machine for a paper jam, also open the back cover and check there.

Open the front cover of Printer, remove the drum and toner with force and put aside. Remove the jammed paper slowly so it doesnt rip. If you cannot find the jammed paper check in the back cover and paper tray.

When all lights flash it's a service problem. You press and hold the go button and see what lights are on then.error light means main PCB failure, Toner light means fuser failure, drum light means laser failure. Toner and error light means main motor error, drum plus error light means its a fan failure.

I found this solution on the web-- Hope it helps.

The HL-2070N gets stuck in a toner end-of-life error condition. Perform the following to clear :
With paper loaded, new toner in,

Open front door
Turn off printer
While holding down the GO button, turn printer back on
When all four LEDs light up release GO button. All LEDs will turn off
Press the GO button 2 times. The 3 LEDs (toner, drum, paper) will light up solid
Press the GO button 5 times
Paper light will be blinking
At this point the toner end-of-life condition has been reset. Close front door.
BTW, I got this from Brother Support. Also, just a reminder, timing is important here so don't pause between button presses.

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The procedure for the factory inspection mode is as follows.
(1) Turn off the printer power switch, open the front cover, and remove the drum unit.
(2) Turn on the printer power switch while holding down the control panel button. The Drum
LED comes ON.
(3) Lightly press the panel button again.
(4) Check that all the LEDs except the Ready LED are OFF.
✒ If the toner sensor is ON, the Drum LED stays ON (error).
✒ If the front registration sensor is ON, the Alarm LED stays ON (error).
✒ If the upper paper cassette sensor is ON, the Data LED stays ON. (error) (HL-1250
only)
NOTE:
The lower paper cassette solenoid is turned ON/OFF even if the panel button is not pressed.
(5) Check the rear registration sensor.
✒ If the rear registration sensor is stuck backwards, the Ready LED stays OFF. (error)
✒ If the rear registration sensor is moved back and forth, the Ready LED comes ON at
any time. (error)
(6) Check that only the Data LED comes ON while pressing the panel button.
✒ If the paper eject sensor is ON, the Drum LED stays ON. (error)
✒ If the lower paper cassette registration sensor is ON, the Ready LED stays ON. (error)
If the registration sensor is ON, the lower paper cassette solenoid is turned ON, and
the Ready LED also stays ON. (HL-1250 only)
NOTE:
The lower paper cassette solenoid is turned ON/OFF even if the panel button is not pressed.
(7) Install the drum unit.
✒ Check that the Drum LED goes ON and the Ready LED goes OFF.
(8) Close the front cover.
(9) Continue to press the control panel button.
✒ Check that the Data LED stays OFF.
(10) Release the panel button.
(11) If all the sensors except the toner sensor are correct, the printer goes back to the Ready
status.
If any error is detected, the printer stays in the inspection mode.