Compaq Armada 7700 Armada 7700 Family of Personal Computers Reference Guide - Page 72

Identifying and Resolving a Low-Battery Condition When a battery pack powering the computer reaches a lowbattery condition- s The system beeps several times. s The indicator light of the bay containing the battery pack begins to blink. To resolve a low-battery condition- save your work. Then do one of the following: s Initiate Suspend and replace the discharged battery pack with a fully charged battery pack. To initiate Suspend, press the suspend button. s Plug the computer into an external power source. s Initiate Hibernation or shut down the computer until an external power source or a charged battery pack is available. To initiate Hibernation, press Fn + the suspend button. If the low-battery condition is not resolved and the system reaches a critical low-battery condition- s The computer beeps twice, saves data to a Hibernation file, and shuts down or s If you have turned off Hibernation, the computer beeps twice, initiates Suspend, and the power/suspend light also begins to blink. The computer remains briefly in Suspend until the battery is almost totally discharged. The computer then shuts down and unsaved work is lost. To exit Hibernation after power is restored, slide the power switch. If you try to exit Hibernation when the battery pack is too low to complete restoration of your work, press Fn+Ctrl+Break to stop the restoration, then insert a fully charged battery pack or connect the computer to external power. Restoration resumes when adequate power is supplied. Hibernation is turned on by factory-default. To ensure that Hibernation has not been turned off, click StartÆSettings ÆControl PanelÆdouble-click the Power iconÆHibernation tab. Then click the radio button beside On. 5-16 Using Battery Packs