User guide
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your computer
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Navigating the screen
- Managing power
- Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
- Using the power meter and power settings
- Running on battery power
- Running on external AC power
- HP CoolSense
- Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only)
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Hybrid Graphics and AMD Dual Graphics (select models only)
- Maintaining your computer
- Securing your computer and information
- Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Accessibility
- Index

Lights
Component Description
(1) Power light
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On: The computer is on.
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Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state, a power-
saving state. The computer shuts off power to the
display and other unneeded components.
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Off: The computer is off or in Hibernation. Hibernation
is a power-saving state that uses the least amount of
power.
(2) Caps lock light On: Caps lock is on, which switches the keys to all capital
letters.
(3) Mute light
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Amber: Computer sound is off.
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Off: Computer sound is on.
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