Lenovo ThinkPad 380ED User's Guide for TP 380XD, TP 385XD - Page 29

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System-Status Indicators Symbol 1 Battery 2 Drive in use 3 Numeric lock 4 Caps lock 5 Scroll lock 6 Suspend mode 7 Power on Color Green Orange Blinking orange Orange Green Green Green Green Blinking green Green Meaning Enough battery power remains for operation. The battery pack is being charged. The battery pack needs charging. If the indicator starts blinking orange, the computer beeps three times. Data is being read from or written to the hard disk, the diskette drive, or the CD-ROM drive. Do not enter suspend mode or turn off the computer when this indicator is on. The numeric keypad on the keyboard is enabled. You enable or disable the keypad by pressing and holding the Shift key, and pressing the NumLk key. For details, see "Numeric Keypad" on page 15. Caps Lock mode is enabled. All alphabetic characters (A-Z) are entered in capital letters without using the Shift key. You enable or disable Caps Lock mode by pressing the Caps Lock key. Scroll Lock mode is enabled. The Arrow keys can be used as screen-scroll function keys. The cursor cannot be moved with the Arrow keys. Not all application programs support this function. You enable or disable Scroll Lock mode by pressing the ScrLk key. The computer is in suspend mode. (See page 93 for details.) The computer is entering suspend mode or hibernation mode, or is resuming normal operation. The computer is operational. This indicator is on when the computer is on and not in suspend mode. Chapter 1. Getting Familiar with Your Computer 9

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System-Status Indicators
Symbol
Color
Meaning
1
Battery
Green
Enough battery power remains for operation.
Orange
The battery pack is being charged.
Blinking
orange
The battery pack needs charging.
If the indicator
starts blinking orange, the computer beeps three
times.
2
Drive in use
Orange
Data is being read from or written to the hard disk, the
diskette drive, or the CD-ROM drive.
Do not enter
suspend mode or turn off the computer when this
indicator is on.
3
Numeric lock
Green
The numeric keypad on the keyboard is enabled.
You
enable or disable the keypad by pressing and holding
the
Shift
key, and pressing the
NumLk
key. For
details, see “Numeric Keypad” on page
15.
4
Caps lock
Green
Caps Lock mode is enabled.
All alphabetic
characters (
A
Z
) are entered in capital letters without
using the
Shift
key.
You enable or disable Caps Lock
mode by pressing the
Caps Lock
key.
5
Scroll lock
Green
Scroll Lock mode is enabled.
The
Arrow
keys can be
used as screen-scroll function keys.
The cursor
cannot be moved with the
Arrow
keys.
Not all
application programs support this function.
You
enable or disable Scroll Lock mode by pressing the
ScrLk
key.
6
Suspend mode
Green
The computer is in suspend mode.
(See page 93 for
details.)
Blinking
green
The computer is entering suspend mode or
hibernation mode, or is resuming normal operation.
7
Power on
Green
The computer is operational.
This indicator is on
when the computer is on and not in suspend mode.
Chapter 1.
Getting Familiar with Your Computer
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