Lights

Component

Description

 

 

 

(1)

Wireless light

On: An integrated wireless device, such as a wireless local area network

 

 

(LAN) device and/or a Bluetooth® device is turned on.

 

 

 

(2)

Power lights* (2)

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Blinking: The computer is in standby.

 

 

Off: The computer is off or in hibernation.

 

 

 

(3)

Caps lock light

On: Caps lock is on.

 

 

 

(4)

Battery light

On: A battery pack is charging or is close to full charge capacity.

 

 

Blinking: A battery pack that is the only available power source has reached

 

 

a low-battery condition. When the battery reaches a critical low-battery

 

 

condition, the battery light begins blinking rapidly.

 

 

Off: If the computer is plugged into an external power source, the light is

 

 

turned 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 condition.

 

 

 

(5)

IDE (Integrated Drive

Blinking: The hard drive or optical drive is being accessed.

 

Electronics) drive light

 

 

 

 

(6)

Num lock light

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

 

 

 

(7)

Volume mute light

On: System sound is turned off.

*There are 2 power lights. Both display the same information. The light on the power button is visible only when the computer is open; the other power light is always visible on the front of the computer.

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