Summary Of Notebook Hot Key Sequences - Acer Extensa 670 Service Manual

Indicator Light
Power/Battery-low
Standby Mode
Disk Media
Battery Charging
Caps Lock
Num Lock
3.2.2.1 Hot Key Sequences
Table 3-2 contains a summary of hot key sequences useful when performing maintenance
operations.
Table 3-2

Summary of Notebook Hot Key Sequences

Increase LCD screen brightness
Decrease LCD screen brightness
Lighten LCD screen contrast
Darken the LCD screen contrast
Alternate between display modes (LCD, Ext.l CRT or both)
Enter 0V Suspend Mode
Exit 0V Suspend Mode
Enter 5V Suspend Mode
Exit 5V Suspend Mode
Enter Standby Mode
Resume from Standby Mode
Toggle speaker output on/off
Enter BIOS Setup (during POST)
Numeric Lock
Turn off the LCD backlight
Turn on the LCD backlight
Stop a command or application
Resume a command or application
Send the contents of the screen to the printer
3-2
Lights when the system is on and there is power to the system.
Flashes when the battery power is low. Connect a powered AC adapter to the
computer as soon as possible.
Lights when the computer is in Standby mode.
Flashes when the computer is in 5V Suspend mode.
The computer enters Standby mode if the Standby hot key (Fn+F4) is pressed
or the STANDBY TIMEOUT parameter in Setup is enabled and expires.
The computer enters 5V Suspend mode when you press the 5V Suspend hot
key (Fn+F3) or the 5 VOLT SUSPEND TIMEOUT parameter in Setup is
enabled and expires, or the display is closed.
Lights when the computer writes to or reads from the hard disk drive, or reads
from the CD-ROM drive.
Lights when a powered AC adapter connected to the computer is charging the
battery.
Flashes when there is a problem with the battery or the battery is not
recognized by the smart charger.
Turns off when there is no battery or the battery is fully charged.
Lights when the caps lock function is toggled ON using the Caps Lock key.
Lights when the embedded numeric keypad is toggled ON using the Num
Lock hot key (Fn+F7)
Function
Description
Key Sequence
Fn-Up Arrow
Fn-Down Arrow
Fn-Right Arrow
Fn-Left Arrow
Fn-F12 or Ctrl-Alt-F12
Fn-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F2
Press Power Button
Fn-F3 or Ctrl-Alt-F3
Press any key
Fn-F4
Press any key
Fn-End or Ctrl-Alt-S
F2
Fn-F7
Fn-F11
Press any key
Ctrl-Pause
Press any key
Shift-PrtSc
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