Checking the Status of the OmniBook

The main OmniBook status lights, located at the front-right edge of the display bezel at the top of the display, indicate power status and drive activity. (These lights are on the LED strip cable.)

Table 1-4. Main Status Lights (LED Strip Cable)

Meaning

Power mode

Steady green light: OmniBook is running (On mode).

Steady orange light: OmniBook is suspended (Suspend or Standby mode).

No light: OmniBook is off (Off or Hibernate mode).

Green and orange lights: OmniBook failed when resuming.

Drive access

Green light: OmniBook is accessing the hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, or a drive in the plug-in module bay. For the OmniBook 4100, it also indicates PC Card activity.

Charging

Steady green light: AC adapter is connected, battery is full or stopped charging.

Blinking green light: AC adapter is connected, battery is charging.

No light: AC adapter is not connected or battery is not present.

The keyboard status lights, located above the keyboard, indicate the states of the keyboard locks. (These lights are on the VGA PCA for the OmniBook 4100, and on the motherboard for the OmniBook 4150 Series.)

Table 1-5. Keyboard Status Lights (VGA PCA or Motherboard)

Meaning

Caps Lock

Caps Lock is active.

Keypad Lock

The embedded keypad is active (Fn+F8 or Fn held down). Num Lock must also be on for the numeric keys—otherwise, cursor control is active.

Num Lock

Num Lock is active.

In addition, the battery module has five lights that indicate its charge level. To view the lights, you have to remove the battery and press the pad on the back next to the connector. The number of lights that turn on indicates the charge.

HP OmniBook 4100/4150

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