User Guide
8Numericlock
Bydefault,whenthenumericlockison,thenumericlockindicatorisdisplayedonthescreen.Tochangethe
settingsofthenumericlockindicator,see“Changingdisplaysettings”onpage70.
Note:Anothermodeavailableforyourcomputer,thoughthereisnoindicatorforit,isScrollLockmode.
Whenthismodeisenabled,thearrowkeyscanbeusedasfunctionkeysforscreen-scrolling,butnotfor
movingthecursor.Toenableordisablethismode,pressScrLk.Notallapplicationprogramssupport
thisfunction.
Power-statusindicators
Thecomputerhasstatusindicatorsthatshowthemode(sleep/standby,hibernation,ornormal),acpower
status,thestatusofthebattery,andthestatusofthecolorsensor(onsomemodels).Thefollowingshows
thelocationandthemeaningoftheindicators:
1Sleep(standbyinWindowsXP)status
•Green:Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.
•Blinkinggreen:Thecomputerisenteringsleep(standby)orhibernationmode,orisresumingnormal
operation.
2Batterystatus
•Green:Thebatterychargelevelis20%orhigher
•Orange:Thebatterychargelevelisbetween5%and20%.
•Fastblinkingorange:Thebatterychargelevelislowerthan5%.
•Slowblinkingorange:Thebatteryisbeingcharged.Whenitreaches20%,theblinkingcolorchangesto
green.
•Slowblinkinggreen:Thebatteryhasbetween20%and80%charge,andchargingiscontinuing.
Whenthebatteryreaches80%charge,thebatterystatusindicatorstopsblinking,butthecharging
maycontinueuntilthebatteryis100%charged.
Note:Ifthecomputerisoperatingonbatterypower,thebatterystatusindicatordoesnotworkwhilethe
computeristurnedofforisinsleep(standby)modeorhibernationmode.
•Quickblinkingorange:Anerroroccurredinthebattery.
•Thebatterystatusindicatorblinksthreetimes:Theacpoweradapterisattachedtothecomputer.
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