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Batteries and Power Management Using Battery Power Using Battery Power To check battery status From the battery charge light The battery charge light on the front of the notebook shows whether the notebook's battery is charging or fully charged-see "Status lights" on page 18. From the Windows taskbar The Windows taskbar includes a power icon that provides detailed battery status information (see Windows Help and Support for details). The icon looks like a battery when AC is not connected. • Place the pointer over the power icon to display the remaining battery charge. This value is shown as either a percentage of charge remaining, or as time remaining. • Double-click the power icon to open the Power Meter window. • Click the power icon to display a menu of the available power schemes. • Right-click the power icon to view the options for displaying power information. From the Windows Control Panel • Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Power Options, then click the Power Meter tab to see battery status. The Alarms and Advanced tabs provide additional power-information options. On the battery 1. Remove the battery from the notebook-see page 20. 2. Press the contact pad on the side of the battery. The number of lights that turn on indicates the remaining charge: each light represents 20% of a full charge. To respond to a low-battery warning The notebook automatically alerts you when battery power drops to a critically low level. If you do not restore power within a short time, the system goes into hibernation. Reference Guide 51

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Batteries and Power Management
Using Battery Power
Reference Guide
51
Using Battery Power
To check battery status
From the battery charge light
The battery charge light on the front of the notebook shows whether the notebook
’
s
battery is charging or fully charged
—
see
“
Status lights
”
on page 18.
From the Windows taskbar
The Windows taskbar includes a power icon that provides detailed battery status
information (see Windows Help and Support for details). The icon looks like a battery
when AC is not connected.
•
Place the pointer over the power icon to display the remaining battery charge. This
value is shown as either a percentage of charge remaining, or as time remaining.
•
Double-click the power icon to open the Power Meter window.
•
Click the power icon to display a menu of the available power schemes.
•
Right-click the power icon to view the options for displaying power information.
From the Windows Control Panel
•
Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Power Options, then click
the Power Meter tab to see battery status. The Alarms and Advanced tabs provide
additional power-information options.
On the battery
1. Remove the battery from the notebook
—
see page 20.
2.
Press the contact pad on the side of the battery. The number of lights that turn on
indicates the remaining charge: each light represents 20% of a full charge.
To respond to a low-battery warning
The notebook automatically alerts you when battery power drops to a critically low level.
If you do not restore power within a short time, the system goes into hibernation.