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4 Using the Notebook PC
Using Battery Power
A fully-charged battery pack provides the Notebook PC a few hours of working power. But the actual
figure varies depending on how you use the power saving features, your general work habits, the CPU,
system memory size, and the size of the display panel.
“Battery Warning” alarm is enabled in Windows to warn you when battery power is down to 10%. You
can change this in Power Options Properties. The processor is also throttled down to decrease power use.
“Low Battery” condition (3% or less) forces the Notebook PC to enter suspend mode, regardless of
power management settings but the threshold is configurable in Windows ME.
NOTE: Battery Warning and Battery Low conditions immediately stops upon applica-
tion of the power adapter.
Checking Battery Power
To check the remaining battery power, move your cursor over the power icon. The power icon is a “bat-
tery” when not using AC power and a “plug” when using AC power. Double click on the icon for more
information and settings.
WARNING! Save-to-RAM (STR) does not last long when the battery power is depleted.
STR is not the same as power OFF. STR requires a small amount of power and will fail
if no power is available due to complete battery depletion or no power supply (e.g.
removing both the power adapter and battery pack).
Power icon using AC power. The charging
(lightning) icon appears over the “plug” icon if the
battery is not fully charged. When fully charged,
only the “plug” icon will remain.
Power icon using battery.
NOTE: If you ignore the low battery warning, eventually the Notebook PC enters sus-
pend mode (Windows default uses STR).
WARNING! Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the power is ON, or if the
system has not yet entered into the suspend mode as this may result in the data loss.