External component identification
Lights
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1 | Power light | ■ On: The computer is on. |
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| ■ Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state (Windows Vista) or Standby |
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| ■ Off: The computer is off or in Hibernation. |
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2 | Battery light | ■ Amber: A battery is charging. |
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| ■ Turquoise: A battery is close to full charge capacity. |
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| ■ Blinking amber: A battery that is the only available power source has |
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| reached a low battery level. When the battery reaches a critical battery |
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| level, the battery light begins blinking rapidly. |
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| ■ Off: If the computer is plugged into an external power source, the light turns |
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| off when all batteries in the computer are fully charged. If the computer is |
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| not plugged into an external power source, the light stays off until the |
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| battery reaches a low battery level. |
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3 | Drive light | ■ Blinking turquoise: The hard drive is being accessed. |
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| ■ Amber: HP 3D DriveGuard has temporarily parked the internal hard drive. |
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4 | Caps lock light | On: Caps lock is on. |
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5 | TouchPad light | ■ Off: TouchPad is enabled. |
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| ■ Amber: TouchPad is disabled. |
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6 | Volume mute light | ■ Turquoise: Computer sound is on. |
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| ■ Amber: Computer sound is off. |
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7 | Volume down light | Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to decrease speaker volume. |
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8 | Volume up light | Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to increase speaker volume. |
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9 | Num lock light | On: Num lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is enabled. |
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Maintenance and Service Guide |
