User Manual

Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 42
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 42
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 42
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 42
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 42
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 43
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 43
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 43
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 43
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 44
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 44
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 44
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 45
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 45
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 45
Switchable graphics/dual graphics (select models only) ................................................... 46
Using switchable graphics (select models only) ................................................ 46
Using dual graphics (select models only) .......................................................... 46
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 47
Using memory card readers ............................................................................................................... 47
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 47
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 47
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 48
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 48
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 49
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 49
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 49
8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................. 50
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 50
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 50
Removing or replacing the service doors .......................................................................... 51
Removing the service doors .............................................................................. 51
Replacing the service doors .............................................................................. 51
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 52
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 52
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 53
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 54
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 54
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 55
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