Dell Inspiron 3500 System Reference Manual page 63

14 Power button
15 Connector cover
16 Microphone
17 Display close/suspend button
18 Status lights (3) (on keyboard)
Status Lights
Three status lights are located on the connector cover directly above the keyboard:
Caps Lock: Solid green light when Caps Lock is on. Press <Caps Lock> to turn this feature on or off.
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Scroll Lock: Solid green light when Scroll Lock is on. Press <Scroll Lock> to turn this feature on or off.
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Num Lock: Solid green light when Num Lock is on. Press <Num Lock> to turn this feature on or off.
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Three additional status lights are located on the front of the unit, to the right of the LCD latch:
System power:
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No light when the system is off or in suspend-to-disk mode (hibernating)
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Green light when the system is on
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Amber light when the system is in standby or suspend-to-RAM mode
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Hard-disk drive activity: Blinking light as the hard-disk drive or a PC Card is being accessed
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Battery status:
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Blinking green light when the AC adapter is attached and the battery is charging
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Green light when the AC adapter is attached and the battery is fully charged. A green light also indicates a battery problem (such as a
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bad cell, overheating, or overcharging). Use the battery charge gauge to further determine the battery status.
Some devices located in the media bay (diskette drive, CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, Zip drive) also have an activity light indicating when the
device is being accessed.
Battery Charge Gauge
1 Caps Lock status
2 Scroll Lock status
3 Num Lock status
1 System power status
2 Hard-disk drive activity status
3 Battery status
1 Battery tester
2 Status lights (5)