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(3) | Battery light | ● Amber: A battery is charging. |
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| ● Blinking turquoise: A battery is close to full charge |
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| capacity. |
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| ● Blinking amber: A battery that is the only available |
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| power source has reached a low battery level. When |
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| the battery reaches a critical battery level, the |
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| battery light begins blinking rapidly. |
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| ● Off: If the computer is plugged into an external |
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| power source, the light turns off when all batteries in |
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| the computer are fully charged. If the computer is |
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| not plugged into an external power source, the light |
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| stays off until the battery reaches a low battery level. |
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(4) | Drive light | ● Blinking turquoise: The hard drive or optical drive is |
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| being accessed. |
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| ● Amber: HP 3D DriveGuard has temporarily parked |
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| the internal hard drive. |
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(5) | Caps lock light | On: Caps lock is on. |
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(6) | Num lock light | On: Num lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is |
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| enabled. |
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(7) | Volume mute light | ● Turquoise: Computer sound is on. |
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| ● Amber: Computer sound is off. |
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(8) | Volume down light | Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to |
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| decrease speaker volume. |
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(9) | Volume up light | Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to |
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| increase speaker volume. |
*The 2 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.
†The 2 wireless lights display the same information. The light on the wireless button is visible only when the computer is open. The wireless light on the front of the computer is visible whether the computer is open or closed.
14 Chapter 2 External component identification