User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Information
- HP Software Product License Agreement
- Contents
- Getting Started with Your Notebook
- Basic Operation
- Batteries and Power Management
- Modem and Network Connections
- Add-On Devices
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Troubleshooting Your Notebook
- Audio problems
- CD-ROM and DVD problems
- Display problems
- Hard drive problems
- Heat problems
- Infrared problems
- Keyboard and pointing device problems
- Local area network (LAN) problems
- Memory problems
- Modem problems
- PC Card problems
- Performance problems
- Power and battery problems
- Printing problems
- Serial, parallel, and USB problems
- Startup problems
- Wireless problems
- Configuring Your Notebook
- Reinstalling and Updating Software
- Troubleshooting Your Notebook
- Reference Information
- Index
Getting Started with Your Notebook
Identifying Parts of the Notebook
8 Reference Guide
Status lights
The notebook includes a number of status lights that report power and battery status,
drive activity, and keyboard functions such as Caps Lock and Num Lock.
The following diagram shows the main status lights on the front of the notebook.
1Powermode
• On—notebook is on (even if the display is off)
• Blinking—notebook is in Standby
• Off—notebook is off or in Hibernation
2 Hard drive activity
On—notebook is accessing the hard drive
3 Battery status
• Green—AC adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged
• Amber—AC adapter is connected and the battery is charging
• Blinking—AC adapter is connected and the battery is missing or has a fault
• Off—AC adapter is not connected