Hardware Guide

Contents
Hardware Guide v
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3–9
Displaying Charge Information on a
Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
Initiating and Resuming from Standby
or Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3–17
Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
4Drives
Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Understanding Drive Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Terms for Types of Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Terms for Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Inserting or Removing Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Inserting a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Removing a CD or DVD (With Power) . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Removing a CD or DVD (Without Power) . . . . . . . . 4–6
Inserting a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Removing a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
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