External component identification

Lights

Item

Component

Description

 

 

 

1

Power light

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state (Windows Vista) or Standby

 

 

(Windows XP).

 

 

Off: The computer is off or in Hibernation.

 

 

 

2

Battery light

Amber: A battery is charging.

 

 

Turquoise: A battery is close to full charge capacity.

 

 

Blinking amber: A battery that is the only available power source has

 

 

reached a low battery level. When the battery reaches a critical battery

 

 

level, the battery light begins blinking rapidly.

 

 

Off: If the computer is plugged into an external power source, the light turns

 

 

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 turquoise: The hard drive is being accessed.

 

 

Amber: HP 3D DriveGuard has temporarily parked the internal hard drive.

 

 

 

4

Caps lock light

On: Caps lock is on.

 

 

 

5

TouchPad light

Off: TouchPad is enabled.

 

 

Amber: TouchPad is disabled.

 

 

 

6

Volume mute light

Turquoise: Computer sound is on.

 

 

Amber: Computer sound is off.

 

 

 

7

Volume down light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to decrease speaker volume.

 

 

 

8

Volume up light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to increase speaker volume.

 

 

 

9

Num lock light

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

 

 

 

Maintenance and Service Guide

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