IBM C79EGMST System-Status Indicators, Color, theShift, application programs, support, ScrLk

Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42

System-Status Indicators

Symbol

Color

Meaning

1

Battery

status

Green

Enough

battery

power

remains

for

operation.

Blinking

The

battery

pack

needs

to

be

charged.

orange

Orange

The

battery

pack

is

being

charged.

2

Suspend

mode

Green

The

computer

is

in

suspend

mode.

Blinking

The

computer

is

entering

suspend

or

hibernation

green

mode

or is

resuming normal

operation.

3

Hard

disk in

useOrange

Data

is

being

read

from

or

written

to

the

hard

Do not

enter

the

computer suspend mode or power

off

the

computer

when

this

indicator

is

on.

4

Numeric

lock

Green

The

numeric

keypad

on

the

keyboard

is

enabled. Yo

enable

or

disable

the

keypad

by

pressing

and

hol

theShift

key,

and pressingNumLk

the key. For

details,

see

“Numeric

Keypad”

on

page 13.

5

Caps

lock

Green

Caps

Lock

mode

is

enabled. All

alphabetic

charactersA –Z)( are

entered in capital letters witho

theShift

key

being

pressed. You enable or disable

Caps

Lock

mode

by

pressingCaps

theLock

key.

6

Scroll

lock

Green

Scroll

Lock

mode

is

enabledArrow. The keys

can

be

used as screen-scroll function keys. The cursor

cannot

be

moved

withArrowthe keysNot.

all

application programs

support

this Youfunction.

enable

or

disable

Scroll

Lock

mode

by

pressing

the

ScrLk

key.

7

Power

on

Green

The

computer

is

operational. This

indicator is on

when

the

computer

is

on

and

not

in

suspend

mode.

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