External component identification

Lights

Item

Component

Description

 

 

 

1

Power lights (2)*

On—The computer is on.

 

 

Flashing—The computer is in Sleep.

 

 

Off—The computer is off or in Hibernation.

 

 

 

2

Battery light

On—The battery is charging.

 

 

Flashing—The battery reaches a low battery level or a critical battery level.

 

 

Off—If the computer is connected to an external power source, the light is off

 

 

when all batteries in the computer are fully charged. If the computer is not

 

 

connected to an external power source, the light is off until the battery

 

 

reaches a low battery level.

 

 

 

3

Drive light

Flashing—The hard drive or the optical drive is being accessed.

 

 

On—HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection has temporarily parked the

 

 

internal hard drive, and if present, the hard drive in the SmartBay.

 

 

 

4

Caps lock light

On—The caps lock is on.

 

 

 

5

Volume Mute light

White—The computer sound is on.

 

 

Amber—The computer sound is off.

 

 

 

6

Volume Down light

On—Decreases speaker volume.

 

 

 

7

Volume Up light

On—Increases speaker volume.

 

 

 

8

Num lock light

On—The num lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is enabled.

 

 

 

9

Wireless light

Blue—An integrated wireless device, such as a wireless local area network

 

 

(WLAN) device and/or a Bluetooth® device, is on.

 

 

Amber—No wireless devices are detected.

*The two 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.

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