DELL 3000 Service Manual

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Dell Inspiron 3000 Series Service Manual

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The status display panel is located directly above the keyboard. This panel 
shows icons that indicate aspects of keyboard operation or save-to-RAM sus-
pend mode; CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, hard-disk drive, diskette drive, and 
PC Card activity; and status of the power source (AC power or batteries). 

Keyboard Indicators

The following icons indicate the status of the keyboard and whether the com-
puter is in suspend mode.

Press <Caps Lock> to activate this feature. Press
<Caps Lock> again to deactivate the feature.

Press <Num Lock> to activate this feature. Press 
<Num Lock> again to deactivate this feature.

Appears when the embedded numeric keypad is active. Press 
<Num Lock> to activate the embedded numeric keypad. Then 

press and hold <Fn> and press <Num Lock> to lock the keypad. Press and hold 
<Fn> to toggle between the letter and the number keys. To deactivate the key-
pad, press <Num Lock>. Then press and hold <Fn> and press <Num Lock> to 
unlock the keypad. 

Press <Scroll Lock> to activate this feature. Press 
<Scroll Lock> again to deactivate this feature.

When all indicators are present and appear in sequence, the 
computer is in save-to-RAM suspend mode. 

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/Hard-Disk Drive Indicator

This indicator blinks when data is being transferred to or from the 
CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or hard-disk drive.