User Guide

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6. Battery Management

6.1 Battery Sub-system

§ The charger will stop charge the battery when the following condition is detected.

- The temperature of the system is too high

- The remaining capacity is 95% and more.

Note that the battery life is depend on different configuration running. E.g. with CD-ROM

battery life is shorter, document keyin only battery life is longer, PMU disable battery life is short,

PMU enable battery life is longer.

- Battery reading methodology is through PMU08 SMBus.

6.2 Battery Warning

When the battery voltage is approaching to the Low level, the PMU08 will generate

a battery low SMI/SCI. The system will do the following action.

DOS Mode:

1) The Power Indicator will become blinking.

2) The system will issue a Warning beep.

ACPI Mode:

Depends on user setting .

6.3 Battery Low

When the battery voltage is approaching to the Low level, the PMU08 will generate

a battery low SMI/SCI. The system will do the following action.

DOS Mode:

1) The Power Indicator will keep on Blinking.

2) The system will be power off.

ACPI Mode:

Depends on User setting .

6.4 AC Adapter

When plug in the AC adapter, the system will do the following action:

- The charger will charge the Main Battery, if remaining capacity is not full.

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