Lights

Component

Description

 

 

 

(1)

Power lights (2)*

On: The computer is on.

 

 

Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state.

 

 

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 level or a critical battery level.

 

 

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 level.

 

 

 

(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.

*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.

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