12 About Your System
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Figure 1-2. Hard-Drive Indicators
10 Power-on indicator The power-on indicator lights
when the system power is on.
NOTE: When powering on the system,
the video monitor can take from several
seconds to over 2 minutes to display an
image, depending on the amount of
memory installed in the system.
NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating
systems, turning off the system using the
power button causes the system to
perform a graceful shutdown before
power to the system is turned off.
NOTE: To force an ungraceful shutdown,
press and hold the power button for
5 seconds.
1 hard-drive status indicator
(green and amber)
2 hard-drive activity indicator (green)
Item Indicator, Button,
or Connector
Icon Description
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