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About the Indicator Lights
About the Indicator Lights
Your computer is equipped with the following indicator lights:
Indicator
Functions
Power
1
Illuminates in green while the computer is on, blinks slowly in orange while the computer is in Sleep mode, and
goes out when the computer is turned off or enters Hibernate mode.
Charge
Illuminates while the battery pack is charging. See
Charging the Battery Pack
for more information.
Built-in
MOTION EYE
camera
Illuminates while the built-in camera is in use.
Media Access
Illuminates while data access to a memory card, such as "Memory Stick" and an SD memory card, is in
progress. (Do not place the computer into Sleep mode or turn it off while this indicator light is lit.) When the
indicator light is unlit, the memory card is not in use.
CF
memory card
*
Illuminates while data is being read from or written to a CF memory card. (Do not place the computer into Sleep
mode or turn it off when this indicator light is lit.) When the indicator light is unlit, the CF memory card is not in
use.
Optical disc drive
Illuminates while data access to the optical disc drive is in progress. When the indicator light is unlit, the optical
disc media is not in use.
Disc drive
Illuminates while data access to the built-in storage device or the optical disc drive is in progress. Do not place
the computer into Sleep mode or turn it off while this indicator light is lit.
Num lock
Press the
Num Lk
key to activate the numeric keypad. Press it a second time to deactivate the numeric keypad.
The numeric keypad is not active when the indicator light is unlit.
Caps lock
Press the
Caps Lock
key to type letters in uppercase. Letters appear in lowercase if you press the
Shift
key
while the indicator light is lit. Press the key a second time to turn off the indicator light. Normal typing resumes
when the Caps lock indicator light is turned off.
Scroll lock
Press the
Fn
+
Scr Lk
keys to change how you scroll the display. Normal scrolling resumes when the Scroll lock
indicator light is turned off. The
Scr Lk
key functions differently depending on the program you are using and
does not work with all programs.
WIRELESS
Illuminates while one or more wireless options are enabled.
*
On selected models only.
