Compaq LTE 5000 Compaq LTE 5000 Family of Personal Computers Beyond Setup - Page 46

Identifying and Resolving a Low-Battery Condition When battery pack(s) are near the end of their charge, the computer beeps once every 15 seconds and the battery light blinks to indicate a low-battery condition. NOTE: If you disable the low-battery warning beeps in Computer Setup, only the blinking battery light (and Windows warning message if enabled) will indicate a low-battery condition. You have approximately five minutes to save any open files and resolve the low-battery condition before the computer reaches the critical low-battery condition. To resolve a low-battery condition, save your work immediately and then take one of the following steps: s Initiate Suspend and replace the discharged battery pack(s) with fully charged battery pack(s) as described in this chapter. s Connect to an external power source to charge the battery pack(s) in the computer. s Initiate Hibernation or shut down the computer until a power source is available. If the low-battery condition is not resolved, after five minutes the computer reaches the critical low-battery condition. The computer then beeps five times, initiates Hibernation (if you have not disabled it), and saves information in memory to a Hibernation file. If you have disabled Hibernation in Computer Setup and the computer reaches a critical low-battery condition, it initiates Suspend, then shuts down when the battery pack fully discharges. If you have turned off or disabled power management, the computer shuts down when it reaches the critical low-battery condition. CAUTION: If you have disabled Hibernation or turned off or disabled power management, you must take immediate action to resolve a lowbattery condition to prevent losing unsaved information. 4-4 Using Battery Packs