1 Setting Up and Using Your PC

Your PC’s Hardware Control PanelYour PC’s Hardware Control PanelYour PC’s hardware control panel is on the front of your PC.
Power on Status Light

Hard Disk Activity Light

 

Power On/Off Button

Volume Control

Speaker Out for Headset

Microphone connector

(Optional—see note below)

(Optional—see note below)

(Optional—see note below)

Power On/Off Button

Press this button to turn the power on or off to your PC.

Hard Disk Activity Light

This light glows/flickers when your hard disk drive is being accessed.

 

The hard disk activity light will also work if you install a second IDE hard

 

disk drive (supplied by HP). However, if you replace this drive with a

 

SCSI hard disk drive, this light will not work.

 

 

NOTE

If your PC comes with an audio board, the front panel will have controls

 

for the audio board.

 

 

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