System-Status Indicators
Symbol
Color
Meaning
1
Battery status
Green
Enough battery power remains for operation.
Blinking
orange
The battery pack needs to be charged. When the
indicator starts blinking orange, the computer beeps
three times.
Orange
The battery pack is being charged.
2
Suspend mode
Green
The computer is in suspend mode. (See the
Online
User's Guide.)
Blinking
green
The computer is entering suspend or hibernation
mode or is resuming normal operation.
3
Hard disk in use
Orange
$
Data is being read from or written to the hard disk or
$
read from DVD or CD-ROM drive.
Do not enter the
computer into suspend mode or power off the
computer when this indicator is on.
4
Numeric lock
Green
The numeric keypad on the keyboard is enabled. You
enable or disable the keypad by pressing and holding
the Shift key, and pressing the NumLk key. For
details, see “Numeric Keypad” on page 14.
5
Caps lock
Green
Caps Lock mode is enabled. All alphabetic
characters (
A–Z) are entered in capital letters without
the Shift key being pressed. You enable or disable
Caps Lock mode by pressing the Caps Lock key.
6
Scroll lock
Green
Scroll Lock mode is enabled. The Arrow keys can be
used as screen-scroll function keys. The cursor
cannot be moved with the Arrow keys.
Not all
application programs support this function. You
enable or disable Scroll Lock mode by pressing the
ScrLk key.
7
Power on
Green
The computer is operational. This indicator is on
when the computer is on and not in suspend mode.
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