Lights

Component

Description

 

 

 

(1)

Power lights (2)*

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Blinking: The computer is in standby.

 

 

Off: The computer is off or in hibernation.

 

 

 

(2)

Battery light

On: A battery is charging.

 

 

Blinking: A battery that is the only available power source has reached a low-

 

 

battery condition or a critical low-battery condition.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

(3)

Drive light

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

 

 

 

(4)

Caps lock light

On: Caps lock is on.

 

 

 

(5)

Media button light

Blinks once: The media button has been pressed.

 

 

 

(6)

Volume mute light

Blue: Computer sound is turned on.

 

 

Amber: Computer sound is turned off.

 

 

 

(7)

Volume down light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to decrease speaker volume.

 

 

 

(8)

Volume up light

Blinking: The volume scroll zone is being used to increase speaker volume.

 

 

 

(9)

Num lock light

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

*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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