HP Book 900 manual Checking the Status of the OmniBook, Main Status Lights Motherboard

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 motherboard.)

Table 1-4. Main Status Lights (Motherboard)

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, requires reset.

Drive access

Green light: OmniBook is accessing the hard disk drive or a drive in the external module bay.

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 motherboard.)

Table 1-5. Keyboard Status Lights (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. Keypad Lock must also be on to use the embedded keypad.

Scroll Lock

Scroll 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.

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