To Understand The Status Panel - HP OmniBook 5500 Getting Started

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To understand the status panel

The OmniBook status panel, located above the keyboard, contains indicators that
show the current status of the OmniBook. There are three groups of icons on the
status panel that indicate
Keyboard status.
Data storage status.
Power status.
Keyboard status
The icons on the right indicate Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock.
This icon appears when Caps Lock is active.
This icon appears when Num Lock is active.
This icon appears when Scroll Lock is active.
Data storage status
The center icons indicate data storage areas—CD-ROM activity, floppy disk activity,
hard disk activity, and PC card status.
This icon appears when the OmniBook is reading from the built-in CD-
ROM drive.
This icon appears when the OmniBook is reading or writing to the floppy
disk drive.
This icon appears when the OmniBook is reading or writing to drive C.
This icon appears when you insert PC cards into the card slots. The two
cards identify when one or two of the slots are occupied.
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