Dell Inspiron 3500 User Manual

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Status Lights

 

Three status lights are located on the connector cover directly above the keyboard:

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Caps Lock: Solid green light when Caps Lock is on. Press <Caps Lock> to turn this feature on or off.

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Scroll Lock: Solid green light when Scroll Lock is on. Press <Scroll Lock> to turn this feature on or off.

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Num Lock: Solid green light when Num Lock is on. Press <Num Lock> to turn this feature on or off.

 

 

Three additional status lights are located on the front of the unit, to the right of the LCD latch:

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System power:

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No light when the system is off or in suspend-to-disk mode (hibernating)

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Green light when the system is on

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Amber light when the system is in standby or suspend-to-RAM mode

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Hard-disk drive activity: Blinking light as the hard-disk drive or a PC Card is being accessed

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Battery status:

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Blinking green light when the AC adapter is attached and the battery is charging

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Green light when the AC adapter is attached and the battery is fully charged. A green light also indicates a battery problem (such as a
bad cell, overheating, or overcharging). Use the battery charge gauge to further determine the battery status.

Some devices located in the media bay (diskette drive, CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, Zip drive) also have an activity light indicating when the
device is being accessed.

Battery Charge Gauge

 

14 Power button

15 Connector cover

16 Microphone

17 Display close/suspend button

18 Status lights (3) (on keyboard)

1 Caps Lock status

2 Scroll Lock status

3 Num Lock status

1 System power status

2 Hard-disk drive activity status

3 Battery status

1 Battery tester

2 Status lights (5)

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