Checking the Status of the OmniBook

The OmniBook status panel, located above the keyboard, contains indicators that show the current keyboard status, drive activity, and power status of the OmniBook. (These indicators are on the icon PCA.)

Indicator

Table 1-4. Status Panel Indicators (Icon PCA)

Meaning

AC power. The ac adapter is plugged in.

Battery status. Shows the approximate charge level of the battery relative to a full charge. Each bar represents 10% charge.

The upper and lower triangles indicate the presence of the main battery (upper) and a second battery (lower). A triangle blinks when that battery is charging. The main battery charges first, discharges last.

If two batteries are installed, the indicator shows the combined charge of both batteries. Press Fn+F6 to show separate battery levels.

Battery low. (Triangle, but no bars.) The OmniBook also beeps.

Defective battery. (No triangle, no bars.) No charging, even though ac adapter is present.

Overheated battery. (No triangle, top bar.) The battery is too hot to charge. Not necessarily a defective battery.

Internal drive. The OmniBook is accessing one of the internal drives: the hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, or other plug-in module drive.

Floppy disk drive. The OmniBook is accessing the floppy disk drive.

PC Card. There is activity between the PC Card and the computer.

Caps Lock. Caps Lock is active.

Num Lock. Num Lock is active.

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

Scroll Lock. Scroll Lock is active (Fn+ScrLk).

HP OmniBook 7100

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