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To view the percentage of remaining battery charge, place the mouse pointer over the Power icon . Finding battery information in HP Support Assistant (select products only) You can access battery information in several ways. 1. Select the Search icon in the taskbar, type support in the search box, and then select the HP Support Assistant app. - or - Select the question mark icon in the taskbar. 2. Select Fixes & Diagnostics, select Check your battery, and then select Launch. If HP Battery Check indicates that your battery should be replaced, contact support. HP Support Assistant provides the following tools and information about the battery: ● HP Battery Check ● Information about battery types, specifications, life cycles, and capacity Conserving battery power Be sure to conserve battery power and maximize battery life. ● Lower the brightness of the display. ● Turn off wireless devices when you are not using them. ● Disconnect unused external devices that are not plugged into an external power source, such as an external hard drive connected to a USB port. ● Stop, disable, or remove any external media cards that you are not using. ● Before you leave your work, initiate Sleep or shut down the computer. Identifying low battery levels When a battery that is the sole power source for the computer reaches a low or critical battery level, the battery light and power icon indicate a low battery level. ● The battery light (select products only) indicates a low or critical battery level. - or - ● The Power icon shows a low or critical battery notification. NOTE: For additional information about the Power icon, see Using the Power icon on page 31. The computer takes the following actions for a critical battery level: ● If Hibernation is disabled and the computer is on or in the Sleep state, the computer remains briefly in the Sleep state and then shuts down and loses any unsaved information. ● If Hibernation is enabled and the computer is on or in the Sleep state, the computer initiates Hibernation. 32 Chapter 6 Managing power

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To view the percentage of remaining battery charge, place the mouse pointer over the
Power
icon
.
Finding battery information in HP Support Assistant (select products only)
You can access battery information in several ways.
1.
Select the
Search
icon in the taskbar, type
support
in the search box, and then select the
HP Support
Assistant
app.
– or –
Select the question mark icon in the taskbar.
2.
Select
Fixes & Diagnostics
, select
Check your battery
, and then select
Launch
. If HP Battery Check
indicates that your battery should be replaced, contact support.
HP Support Assistant provides the following tools and information about the battery:
●
HP Battery Check
●
Information about battery types, specifications, life cycles, and capacity
Conserving battery power
Be sure to conserve battery power and maximize battery life.
●
Lower the brightness of the display.
●
Turn off wireless devices when you are not using them.
●
Disconnect unused external devices that are not plugged into an external power source, such as an
external hard drive connected to a USB port.
●
Stop, disable, or remove any external media cards that you are not using.
●
Before you leave your work, initiate Sleep or shut down the computer.
Identifying low battery levels
When a battery that is the sole power source for the computer reaches a low or critical battery level, the
battery light and power icon indicate a low battery level.
●
The battery light (select products only) indicates a low or critical battery level.
– or –
●
The Power icon
shows a low or critical battery notification.
NOTE:
For additional information about the Power icon, see
Using the Power icon
on page
31
.
The computer takes the following actions for a critical battery level:
●
If Hibernation is disabled and the computer is on or in the Sleep state, the computer remains briefly in the
Sleep state and then shuts down and loses any unsaved information.
●
If Hibernation is enabled and the computer is on or in the Sleep state, the computer initiates Hibernation.
32
Chapter 6
Managing power