Chapter 1. Getting to know your computer
Front view
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System status indicators
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Symbol
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Indicator
Indicator
status
On (solid
white)
Power
Blinking
Off
On (solid
white)
On (solid
amber)
Blinking
slowly
Battery
(white)
Blinking
slowly
(amber)
Blinking
quickly
(amber)
On (solid
white)
Touchpad
Off
Hard disk
Blinking
drive
Charge
status
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The computer is powered on.
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The computer is in sleep mode.
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The computer is powered off.
Charging
The battery has more than 80% charge.
Discharging
The battery has more than 20% charge.
The battery has between 5% and 20%
Discharging
charge.
The battery has between 20% and 80%
charge. When the battery reaches 80%
Charging
charge, the light will stop blinking.
However, charging will continue until
the battery is fully charged.
The battery has less than 20% charge.
Charging
When the battery charge reaches 20%,
the blinking color will change to white.
Charging/
The battery has less than 5% charge.
Discharging
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The touchpad is disabled.
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The touchpad is enabled.
The hard disk drive is reading or
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writing data.
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Meaning