Component

Description

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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Drive light

Blinking turquoise: The hard drive or optical drive is being

 

 

accessed.

 

 

Amber: HP 3D DriveGuard has temporarily parked the internal

 

 

hard drive, and if present, the hard drive in the upgrade bay.

 

 

 

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QuickLook light

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Off: The computer is off or in the Sleep or Hibernation state.

 

 

 

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QuickWeb light

On: Web browser is in use.

 

 

 

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TouchPad light

Turquoise: The TouchPad is on.

 

 

Amber: The TouchPad is off.

 

 

 

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Caps lock light

On: Caps lock is on.

 

 

 

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Num lock light

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

 

 

 

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Volume mute light

Turquoise: Speaker sound is on.

 

 

Amber: Speaker sound is off.

 

 

 

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Volume down light

Blinking: The volume down button is being used to decrease the

 

 

speaker volume.

 

 

 

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Volume up light

Blinking: The volume up button is being used to increase the

 

 

speaker volume.

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

†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.

Identifying hardware

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