Using Your Notebook Computer

Indicators

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Indicators

Functions

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Lights when the power to the computer is turned on.

 

 

 

Flashes in System Suspend mode.

 

 

 

Turns off when the computer is in System Hibernation

 

 

 

mode or powered off.

 

 

 

 

 

Battery 1

Indicates the status of the battery inserted in the battery

1

 

 

bay on the left side of the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery 2

Indicates the status of the battery inserted in the drive

2

bay on the right side of the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard disk

Lights when data is being read from or written to the

 

 

 

hard drive. Do not enter System Suspend mode or turn

 

 

 

off the computer when this indicator light is on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light

On

Off

 

 

 

 

 

Num Lock

The number keys in the

The alphanumeric character

 

 

 

numeric keypad are active.

keys in the keypad area are

 

 

 

 

active.

 

 

 

 

 

Caps Lock

The letters appear in

Letters appear in lower case as

 

 

 

uppercase as you type. The

you type (unless you hold

 

 

 

Shift key lowers the case of

down the Shift key).

 

 

 

typed letters when Caps

 

 

 

 

Lock is on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scroll Lock

The screen scrolls differently.

Information moves across the

 

 

 

(Exactly how it scrolls

display normally.

 

 

 

depends on the specific

 

application. It has no effect in many applications.)

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Sony PCG-838 manual Indicators Functions, Light Off