HP Compaq Notebook Series Startup Manual page 17

The keyboard status lights, located above the keyboard, indicate the states of the
keyboard locks.
1 Caps Lock On: Caps Lock is active.
2 Num Lock On: Num Lock is active. (The Keypad Lock must also be on to use
the embedded keypad.)
3 Keypad Lock On: The embedded keypad is active (Fn+F8). Num Lock must
also be on for the numeric keys. Otherwise, cursor control is active (as marked
on an external keyboard).
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