Manual

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 36
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................. 36
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 36
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 37
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 37
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 37
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 37
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 38
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 38
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 38
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 38
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 39
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 39
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 39
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 39
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 40
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 40
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ........................... 40
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) .............................. 41
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 41
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 42
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 43
Using Media Card Reader cards ........................................................................................................ 43
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 43
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 43
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 44
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 44
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 45
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 46
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 46
Removing or replacing the keyboard ................................................................................. 47
Removing the keyboard .................................................................................... 47
Replacing the keyboard .................................................................................... 49
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 51
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 51
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 53
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