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The battery discharges too quickly

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Troubleshooting and tips The battery discharges too quickly Cause Troubleshooting The battery is either too hot or too ► Move the notebook so that its temperature returns to cold. In this case the battery indicator within the normal range. flashes. ► If the operating time of the battery life is extremely short, the battery is probably too old. Replace battery if necessary. You may have an application running ► that consumes a great deal of power due to frequent accessing of the hard disk or optical drive. Use the mains adapter as frequently as possible. The maximum brightness may have ► Set the screen somewhat darker with the key Fn been set for the screen. and the key F6 to reduce the power consumption. The power-management features have been deactivated. Windows XP ► Check the settings in the BIOS Setup (in the Power menu) and under Windows (Start - (Settings) - Control Panel - Power Options), and adjust the parameters. Windows Vista ► Check the settings in the BIOS Setup (in the Power menu) and under Windows (Start - (Settings) - Control Panel - Mobile PC - Power Options), and adjust the parameters. 90 A26391-K220-Z227-1-7619, edition 1

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Troubleshooting and tips
90
A26391-K220-Z227-1-7619, edition 1
The battery discharges too quickly
Cause
Troubleshooting
The battery is either too hot or too
cold. In this case the battery indicator
flashes.
Move the notebook so that its temperature returns to
within the normal range.
If the operating time of the battery life is extremely
short, the battery is probably too old. Replace
battery if necessary.
You may have an application running
that consumes a great deal of power
due to frequent accessing of the hard
disk or optical drive.
Use the mains adapter as frequently as possible.
The maximum brightness may have
been set for the screen.
Set the screen somewhat darker with the key
Fn
and the key
F6
to reduce the power consumption.
The power-management features
have been deactivated.
Windows XP
Check the settings in the
BIOS Setup
(in the
Power
menu) and under Windows (
Start - (Settings) - Control
Panel - Power Options
), and adjust the parameters.
Windows Vista
Check the settings in the
BIOS Setup
(in the
Power
menu) and under Windows (
Start - (Settings) - Control
Panel – Mobile PC - Power Options
), and adjust the
parameters.