After satisfactory completion of the Power On Self Test (POST), your notebook loads the installed operating system. CAUTION Never turn off your notebook during the Power On Self Test (POST), or an unrecoverable error may occur. 2.4 Status Indicators The status indicator lights correspond to specific operating modes. These modes are: Power on/ Suspend status, Battery/AC Adapter status, hard drive activity (HDD), Num Lock, Caps Lock, and wireless transmission activity. LED status indicators These status indicatorsare used to show specific information on the E1425 such as if the Wireless LAN or Bluetooth is On or Off and if the Battery Pack is charging or not. From Left to Right they are: NO. Symbol Item Function 1 Power LED This LED shows whether the Notebook is power on or in sleep mode. A continuous blue LED indicates power, while a blinking blue LED indicates suspend/sleep mode. If this LED is off then the notebook is not powered at all. 2 Wireless Connection LED This LED indicates whether the builtin Wireless LAN Module is active and connected. If the LED is on, there is connection and the adaptor is switched on. No LED means that there is no connection and the adaptor is switched off. 3 Battery Status LED This LED is used to show if the battery pack of the notebook is charging or not, or if there is a battery fault. It will illuminate if the battery is charging and switch off when charged, but it will flash on and off if there is no battery present or the battery is no longer working 4 Hard Disk Activity Status LED This LED indicates Hard Disk Activity and will show if the HDD is in use or idle. It will flash on and off rapidly when the drive is active and remain off when the hard drive is not being used. 2.5 Using Function Keys Your computer has 12 function keys, F1 through F12. The functions assigned to these keys differ for each application. You should refer to your software documentation to find out how these keys are used. The [FN] key provides extended functions for the notebook and is always used in conjunction with another key. Fn+F1 Sleep This function will put the E1425 Notebook into sleep mode. The LCD will switch off and devices will switch to lower power mode. Fn+F2 Fan Control This function will enable or disable the Silent Fan function. This will enable the user to put the fan into quiet mode if the user needs the notebook to be quieter. Fn+F3 Mute Volume This function will mute the volume control in Windows and all sound output from the speakers will stop. Pressing this combination again will enable sound output. Fn+F4 LCD / Display-Out Switch This function will switch the display configuration for the E1425 - It will cycle between 3 modes depending on operating system settings. These 3 Modes are: LCD Only - Image on the E1425 LCD Display Only - Image on external monitor LCD+Display - Image on LCD and external monitor Fn+F5 Decrease System Volume This function will gradually and incrementally decrease the volume of the sound output from the E1425 speakers. Fn+F6 Increase System Volume This function will gradually and incrementally increase the volume of the sound output from the E1425 speakers. Fn+F7 Decrease LCD Brightness This function will gradually and incrementally decrease the brightness of the built in LCD panel. Fn+F8 Increase LCD Brightness This function will gradually and incrementally increase the brightness of the built in LCD panel. Fn+F9 Disable Touchpad This function will disable the built-in touchpad of the E1425 notebook. This function can be used if typing on the built-in keyboard so that the mouse pointer does not move. Fn+F10 Wireless LAN On/Off This function will enable or disable the embedded Wireless LAN Connection. The LED Status indicator will be on when this is enabled and off when disabled. Fn+F11 Webcam On/Off This function will enable or disable the built-in Webcam. This can be used when the webcam is not needed to save battery life or to disable images in conferencing software. Fn+F12 3.5G On/Off This function will enable or disable the built-in 3.5G Card (The 3.5G card is optional and isn’t available on E1425M & E1425A) 2.6 Using the Touchpad A touchpad pointing device comes built into your computer. It is used to control the movement of the pointer to select items on your desktop and use applications on the notebook. The touchpad consists of a cursor control, a left and right button, and a scroll bar. The cursor control works the same way a mouse does, and moves the cursor around the display. It only requires light pressure from the tip of your finger. The left and right buttons function the same as mouse buttons. The actual functionality of the buttons may vary depending on the application that is being used. The scroll bar allow you to navigate quickly through pages, without having to use the on-screen cursor to manipulate the up and down scroll bars. Clicking Clicking means pushing and releasing a button. To left-click, move the cursor to the item you wi...