1-4 Reviewing System Features

System Controls and Lamps
System unit controls include a power/sleep button, power lamp, sleep
lamp, and hard drive activity lamp.
Power/sleep button
To turn system unit and LCD pan el power on, pr ess the power/ s leep
button. To turn off power, pr ess the button and hold in pla ce f or four
or more seconds before releasing.
Do not turn off the system power until you have
closed all ap plication s and Windows or y ou may possibl y lose data.
To suspend sys t em unit and LCD panel operati on, press the
power/sleep button an d release within three secon ds or less. This
places the system unit and LCD panel in a power savings mode. Use
this featur e if you plan to be a wa y from your s yst em for more th a n
15 minutes.
Do not hold the button in any longer than three
seconds or you will turn off the system and possibly lose data.
Press any key or move the mouse t o resume system operati on at the
point where you stopped it.
Power and sleep lamps
The power lamp indicates if system power is on or off. The sleep lamp
lets you know i f t h e system is op e r ating in a power -saving mod e.
A steady green power lamp in di cates that the power is on to all system
components. An amber sl eep lamp indicates that th e system is in sleep
mode with full-power reduction.
Hard drive activity lamp
A flashing green lamp in d i cates that the hard drive is a ctive and is
reading or wr i ting data.
Do not turn off the system unless absolutely
necessary w h ile the hard dr ive lamp is fl ashing. To do s o can damage
your hard drive or data.