keyboard lights


  1. Posts : 359
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #1

    keyboard lights


    Hi,Just joined this forums.Not long had this laptop its a compaq presario CQ61.Windows 7.Its woking well just a small question been looking through the user manual but no luck,What it is on the top right side of keyboard just above the page up key there ia a small whit light and beside the light it says ''ALTEC LANSING''.Then below just above space bar there is another white light.
    can anyone please tell me what they are for do they light up for a warning of some description or other.
    Thanks in advance.
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  2. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #2

    flogit, Welcome to SF. Sorry I looked all over the web for some details and it's not looking good for full details on this model. I watched two lame video's and all I can guess is could this be the numbers lock indicator? You should have a manual which you can download or it may be hiding in the machine as a file, could be time for a complete read ! Good Luck.
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  3. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #3

    ''ALTEC LANSING'' I believe are speaker manufactures. If I had to guess that light indicates the status of your onboard sound. The light is probably off if the onboard sound is muted or turned off. Look for a symbol next to the light to try and tell what its for. I just recently got called to help a friend with a new laptop. Her wireless wasn't working. It turns out she inadvertently turned it off by hitting a key on her keyboard. Laptops don't have a full size keyboard and some keys may have up to 3 or more functions depending on what other hot key you press. Anyway, laptops will have keyboard keys to disable your wireless adapter, onboard sound, etc, so you can save battery power. The various lights tell you if said device is on or off. Sometimes they just change color. The symbols next to the light are meant to tell you what its for but some of them are not obvious. You'll just have to go thought the owners manual.
    Last edited by alphanumeric; 29 Jan 2011 at 17:42.
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #4

    Don't worry about those lights. There are no "warning lights" on laptop keyboards. Just status indicators. For the rest see above.
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  5. Posts : 359
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi thanks all for info the answer was the number lock light.
    Thanks all.
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  6. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #6

    Cheers flogit ! Glad you sorted it out and what a good guess on my part.....lol !
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