Table 7.

Status indicators

 

 

Indicator

Meaning

 

1

Speaker mute

Orange:

The speaker is on mute. To set the

 

 

 

 

 

speakers on mute or unmute, press the

 

 

 

speaker mute button.

2

Microphone mute

Orange:

The microphone is on mute. None of the

 

 

 

 

 

recording devices is available while the

 

 

 

microphone mute is on by default.

3

Wireless LAN,

Green:

The wireless LAN feature (the IEEE

 

Wireless WAN, or

 

 

802.11 b/g standard, 802.11 a/b/g,

 

WiMAX status

 

 

 

or 802.11n), wireless WAN feature, or

 

 

 

 

 

 

WiMax feature is on, and the radio link

 

 

 

is ready for use.

 

 

Blinking green:

Data is being transmitted.

4

Bluetooth wireless

Green:

The Bluetooth wireless feature is on, and

 

or Wireless USB

 

 

the radio link is ready for use.

 

status

 

 

Blinking green:

Data is being transmitted.

 

 

5

Device access

Green:

Data is being read from or written to the

 

 

 

 

 

hard disk drive, the diskette drive, or the

 

 

 

drive in the Serial Ultrabay Enhanced

 

 

 

device. When this indicator is on, do not

 

 

 

put the computer into sleep (standby)

 

 

 

mode or turn off the computer.

 

 

Note: Do not move the system while the green device access light is on. Sudden

 

 

physical shock could cause drive errors.

 

6

Power on

Green:

The computer is on and ready to use.

 

 

 

 

 

This indicator stays lit around the

 

 

 

power-on button whenever the computer

 

 

 

is on and is not in sleep (standby) mode.

7

Serial Ultrabay

Green:

A Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device is

 

Enhanced device

 

 

installed and in use.

 

status

 

 

Blinking green:

A Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device is in

 

 

 

 

 

the process of being detached.

 

 

Turn off:

A Serial Ultrabay Enhanced device is

 

 

 

ready to be attached or detached.

8

Fingerprint reader

Green:

The fingerprint reader is ready to swipe.

 

status

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking green:

The fingerprint is being authenticated or

 

 

 

has been authenticated.

 

 

Blinking orange:

The fingerprint could not be

 

 

 

authenticated.

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