Initiating and exiting Suspend
...........................................................................
39
Initiating and exiting Hibernation
.......................................................................
39
Using the Power icon
.........................................................................................................
40
Using power management
.................................................................................................
40
Viewing the current power management settings
.............................................
40
Changing the current power management settings
..........................................
40
Using battery power
...........................................................................................................................
40
Displaying the remaining battery charge
...........................................................................
41
Inserting or removing the battery
.......................................................................................
42
Charging a battery
.............................................................................................................
43
Maximizing battery life
.......................................................................................................
44
Managing low battery levels
..............................................................................................
44
Identifying low battery levels
.............................................................................
44
Resolving a low battery level
.............................................................................
45
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available
.......
45
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ... 45
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available
....
45
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation
.......................................................................................
45
Conserving battery power
..................................................................................................
45
Storing a battery
................................................................................................................
45
Disposing of a used battery
...............................................................................................
46
Replacing the battery
.........................................................................................................
46
Using external AC power
....................................................................................................................
46
Testing an AC adapter
.......................................................................................................
47
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Drives
.............................................................................................................................................................
48
Handling drives
...................................................................................................................................
48
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive
...............................................................................................
49
Removing the hard drive
....................................................................................................
49
Installing a hard drive
.........................................................................................................
50
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External cards and devices
..........................................................................................................................
53
Using Media Card Reader cards
........................................................................................................
53
Inserting a digital card
........................................................................................................
53
Removing a digital card
.....................................................................................................
54
Using ExpressCards
...........................................................................................................................
54
Configuring an ExpressCard
..............................................................................................
55
Inserting an ExpressCard
..................................................................................................
56
Removing an ExpressCard
................................................................................................
57
Using a USB device
...........................................................................................................................
57
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