User Manual

Using the action keys ........................................................................................ 37
Using Windows shortcut keys ........................................................................... 38
Using the hot keys ............................................................................................. 39
6 Managing power ............................................................................................................................................. 40
Initiating Sleep and Hibernation ......................................................................................................... 40
Manually initiating and exiting Sleep .................................................................................. 41
Manually initiating and exiting Hibernation (select models only) ....................................... 41
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................ 41
Using the power meter and power settings ........................................................................................ 42
Running on battery power .................................................................................................................. 42
Removing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................ 42
Finding battery information ................................................................................................ 43
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 43
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................................. 43
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................................. 44
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ........................ 44
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available ..................... 44
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation ....... 44
Storing a user-replaceable battery ..................................................................................... 44
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................................ 44
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................ 45
Running on external AC power .......................................................................................................... 45
Troubleshooting power problems ...................................................................................... 45
HP CoolSense (select models only) ................................................................................................... 46
Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only) .......... 46
Shutting down (turning off) the computer ........................................................................................... 46
Hybrid Graphics and AMD Dual Graphics (select models only) ......................................................... 47
Using Hybrid Graphics (select models only) ...................................................................... 47
Using AMD Dual Graphics (select models only) ................................................................ 48
7 Maintaining your computer .............................................................................................................................. 49
Improving performance ...................................................................................................................... 49
Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 49
Using HP 3D DriveGuard ................................................................................................... 49
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................ 50
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 50
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 50
Adding or replacing memory modules ............................................................................... 51
Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................... 53
Cleaning your computer ........................................
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