Lenovo V570/B570 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Table 2. Status indicators

Indicator

Meaning

a Caps lock

White: Caps Lock mode is enabled. You can enter all

 

alphabetic characters (A-Z) in uppercase without

 

pressing the Shift key. To enable or disable Caps

 

Lock mode, press the CapsLk key.

b Num lock

White: The separate numeric keypad on the keyboard is

 

enabled. To enable or disable the numeric keypad,

 

press the Num Lock key.

cDrive in use White: Data is being read from or written to the hard disk drive, or the optical disk drive. When this indicator is on, do not put the computer into standby mode or turn off the computer.

Note: Do not move the system while the white drive-in-use light is on. Sudden physical shock could cause drive errors.

dAPS status White: When your computer is subjected to shock or

 

 

 

 

excessive vibration, the shock sensor in the computer

 

 

 

 

detects the condition and stops the hard disk drive

 

 

 

 

until the environment is stable again.

e Power on

White: System is enabled.

 

 

 

Blinking white:

 

 

 

 

System is in sleep mode.

 

 

 

off:

System is in hibernate mode or shut down.

f Battery

Blinking amber: (500ms off/1s on)

status

 

The remaining power of the battery is less than 5% of

 

 

 

 

its capacity.

 

 

 

Blinking amber: (100ms off/3.2s on)

 

 

 

 

The battery is being charged with the remaining

 

 

 

 

power between 5% and 20% of its capacity.

 

 

 

Amber: The computer is operating on battery power with the

 

 

 

 

remaining power between 5% and 20% of its

 

 

 

 

capacity.

 

 

 

Blinking white:

 

 

 

 

The battery is being charged with the remaining

 

 

 

 

power between 20% and 80% of its capacity.

 

 

 

White: The remaining power of the battery is more than 80%

 

 

 

 

of its capacity, or the computer is operating on

 

 

 

 

battery power with the remaining power between

 

 

 

 

20% and 80% of its capacity.

g Wireless

White: The wireless LAN radio is turned on and connected

status

 

to AP.

 

 

 

Blinking white:

 

 

 

 

The wireless LAN is switched on and the radio of it

 

 

 

 

is also turned off, or the wireless LAN radio is turned

 

 

 

 

on and not connected to AP.

 

 

 

Flashing white:

 

 

 

 

The wireless LAN radio is turned on and data is

 

 

 

 

being transmitted.

Off: The wireless LAN is switched off and the radio of it is also turned off.

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Lenovo B570, V570 manual Indicator Meaning, Blinking white, Off, Flashing white