Toshiba Portege R500 User Manual - Page 37

Indicators, System indicators

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The Grand Tour Indicators This section explains indicator functions. System indicators The LED system indicators for specific computer operations glow when those operations are in progress. DC IN Power Battery Hard Disk Drive SD Card Wireless communication Figure 2-7 System indicators The DC IN indicator normally glows blue when power is being correctly supplied from the AC power adaptor. However, If the output voltage from the adaptor is abnormal, or if the computer's power supply malfunctions, this indicator will flash orange. The Power indicator normally glows blue when the computer is turned on. However, if you turn the computer off into Sleep Mode, this indicator will flash orange - approximately one second on, two seconds off - both while the system is shutting down and while it remains turned off. The Battery indicator shows the condition of the battery's charge - blue indicates the battery is fully charged, orange indicates the battery is charging, and flashing orange indicates a low battery condition. Please refer to Chapter 6, Power and Power-Up Modes for more information on this feature. The Hard Disk Drive indicator glows blue whenever the computer is accessing the built-in hard disk drive. The SD Card indicator glows blue when the computer is accessing the device in the SD Card slot. The Wireless communication indicator glows orange when the Bluetooth and Wireless LAN functions are turned on. Only some models are equipped with Bluetooth and Wireless LAN functions. User's Manual 2-10

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User’s Manual
2-10
The Grand Tour
Indicators
This section explains indicator functions.
System indicators
The LED system indicators for specific computer operations glow when
those operations are in progress.
Figure 2-7 System indicators
DC IN
The
DC IN
indicator normally glows blue when
power is being correctly supplied from the AC
power adaptor. However, If the output voltage
from the adaptor is abnormal, or if the computer's
power supply malfunctions, this indicator will
flash orange.
Power
The
Power
indicator normally glows blue when
the computer is turned on. However, if you turn
the computer off into Sleep Mode, this indicator
will flash orange - approximately one second on,
two seconds off - both while the system is
shutting down and while it remains turned off.
Battery
The
Battery
indicator shows the condition of the
battery's charge - blue indicates the battery is
fully charged, orange indicates the battery is
charging, and flashing orange indicates a low
battery condition. Please refer to Chapter 6,
Power and Power-Up Modes
for more
information on this feature.
Hard Disk Drive
The
Hard Disk Drive
indicator glows blue
whenever the computer is accessing the built-in
hard disk drive.
SD Card
The
SD Card
indicator glows blue when the
computer is accessing the device in the SD Card
slot.
Wireless
communication
The
Wireless communication
indicator glows
orange when the Bluetooth and Wireless LAN
functions are turned on.
Only some models are equipped with Bluetooth
and Wireless LAN functions.