User`s guide

Chapter 2: Power and Your Computer
Digital HiNote VP 500 Series 2–3
Forming a Battery
Action Instructions and Information
Forming a battery
1. Charge it to its full capacity. The battery
charge LED will turn off.
2. Use the notebook until the battery is
completely drained.
3. Charge the battery to full capacity a second
time and drain it again.
4. Charge the battery to full capacity. The
battery is now formed.
Draining the battery
• Software is available to assist in the draining
process. Please consult your Digital notebook
dealer for information about the kinds of
software available.
• Lacking software: to expedite the draining
process, enter the BIOS setup program and
disable all power management functions.
Increase the screen brightness to its highest
setting.
When to form a battery
• Form all new batteries, including the one
which came with you system.
• Form batteries which do not provide as much
run time as they used to.
• Form a battery to achieve maximum battery
life.
• Form the battery if you are receiving
questionable readings from the battery icon
gauge in the LCD Status Display.
Battery forming required
time
• Assuming it takes 3 hours to fully drain the
battery, forming a batteries requires
approximately 10.5 hours.
• To charge a battery with the system off
requires approximately 1.5 hours. To fully
charge a battery with the system on requires
approximately 4 hours.
• Depending upon your power management
settings, to fully drain a battery requires
approximately 3 hours.