Lights

Item

Component

Description

 

 

 

 

(1)

Power lights (2)*

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state.

 

 

Off: The computer is off or in Hibernation.

 

 

 

 

(2)

Battery light

On: A battery is charging.

 

 

Blinking: A battery that is the only available power

 

 

 

source has reached a low battery level or a critical

 

 

 

battery level.

 

 

Off: If the computer is plugged into an external power

 

 

 

source, the light is turned off when all batteries in the

 

 

 

computer are fully charged. If the computer is not

 

 

 

plugged into an external power source, the light stays

 

 

 

off until the battery reaches a low battery level.

 

 

 

(3)

Drive light

Blinking: The hard drive or optical drive is being accessed.

 

 

 

(4)

Caps lock light

On: Caps lock is on.

 

 

 

 

(5)

Volume mute light

Blue: Computer sound is turned on.

 

 

Amber: Computer sound is turned off.

 

 

 

(6)

Volume down light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to decrease

 

 

speaker volume.

 

 

 

(7)

Volume up light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to increase

 

 

speaker volume.

 

 

 

(8)

Num lock light

On: Num lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is

 

 

enabled.

*The 2 power lights display the same information. The light on the power button is visible only when the computer is open. The power light on the front of the computer is visible whether the computer is open or closed.

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