Technical information

System-Status Indicators

Symbol Color Meaning

7 Numeric lock Green Indicates that the numeric keypad on the keyboard is enabled. The

keypad is enabled and disabled by pressing and holding the Shift

key, and pressing the NumLk key. For more information about the

numeric keypad, see “Operating the Numeric Keypad” on page 26.

8 Caps lock Green Indicates that the Caps Lock mode is enabled. All alphabetic

characters (

) are entered in capital letters without the use of the

Shift key. The Caps Lock mode is enabled and disabled by

pressing the Caps Lock key.

9 Scroll lock Green Alternately turns on and off each time the ScrLk key is pressed.

While this indicator is on, the Arrow keys are used as screen-scroll

function keys. In this state, the cursor cannot be moved with the

Arrow keys. Not all application programs support this function.

1 Suspend mode Green Indicates that the computer is in suspend mode. See page 50 for

more information about suspend mode.

Blinking green Indicates that the computer is entering suspend or hibernation

mode, or is resuming normal operation.

11 Power on Green Indicates that the computer is operational. This indicator is on

when the computer is on and not in suspend mode.

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