Light Emitting

Most Gateway laptops have a light-emitting diode to indicate when positive parts are turned on. The battery charge indicator, which makes use of an LED to show the current status of the battery, stays on by default. To turn it off, basically disconnect the power cord. The power LED, however, is designed to close off automatically when the laptop computer is off. Your laptop computer is asleep or in standby mode if the light remains on or begins flashing. This mode is enabled by default as a fast way to reduce power without shutting everything off.

Instructions

Click "Start" and "Shut Down" everytime you need to turn off the laptop computer, as an alternative way to turn off your laptop's LED. Now that you have got changed the power options, pressing the power button will do the same. Don't click the power button icon located in the Start menu, as it is usually set to standby mode.

Click "Start." From the Control Panel, select "Hardware and Sound" and click "Change What the Power Buttons Do." Change the drop-down menu for "When I Press the Power Button" to either "Shut Down" or "Hibernate." Select "Do Nothing" for the "When I Close the Lid" option.

Remove the small cable that leads from the power button to the motherboard, in a extreme approach. This turns off the LED, but ought to be done only if you are experienced in PC hardware repair. This technique is helpful when you need access to parts beneath the keyboard and the ability to power the computer on and off for troubleshooting or repair purposes.

Hold down the power button on the laptop computer for at least ten seconds for another technique to cut off power to the laptop computer and turn off the LED. This forced power-down is helpful when your computer stops responding and cannot be turned off by other methods. Perform this procedure only as a last resort because it causes file corruption, which is usually repairable in the event you launch the Disk Checker on the hard drive.