Table 2-5
Lights and their descriptions
Component
Description
(1)
Privacy key light (select products only)
On: Privacy screen is on, which helps prevent side-angle viewing.
(2)
Mute light
●
On: Computer sound is off.
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Off: Computer sound is on.
(3)
Microphone mute light
●
On: Microphone is off.
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Off: Microphone is on.
(4)
Power light
●
On: The computer is on.
●
Blinking (select products only): The computer is in the Sleep
state, a power-saving state. The computer shuts off power
to the display and other unnecessary components.
●
Off: Depending on your computer model, the computer is
off, in Hibernation, or in Sleep. Hibernation is the power-
saving state that uses the least amount of power.
(5)
Caps lock light
On: Caps lock is on, which switches the key input to all capital
letters.
(6)
Fn lock light
key is locked. For more information, see
(select products only) on page 17
(7)
Num lk light
On: Num lk is on.
Button and fingerprint reader
Fingerprint readers can be located on the touchpad, on a side panel of the computer, or on the top cover below
the keyboard.
IMPORTANT:
To verify that your computer supports fingerprint reader sign-in, select the Search icon (select
products only) in the taskbar, type
Sign-in options
in the search box, and then follow the on-screen
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