Owner manual

Initiating and exiting Suspend ........................................................................... 39
Initiating and exiting Hibernation ....................................................................... 39
Using the Power icon ......................................................................................................... 40
Using power management ................................................................................................. 40
Viewing the current power management settings ............................................. 40
Changing the current power management settings .......................................... 40
Using battery power ........................................................................................................................... 40
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................................... 41
Inserting or removing the battery ....................................................................................... 42
Charging a battery ............................................................................................................. 43
Maximizing battery life ....................................................................................................... 44
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................................. 44
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................................. 44
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................. 45
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ....... 45
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ... 45
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available .... 45
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 45
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 45
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 45
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 46
Replacing the battery ......................................................................................................... 46
Using external AC power .................................................................................................................... 46
Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................... 47
7 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 48
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 48
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................................... 49
Removing the hard drive .................................................................................................... 49
Installing a hard drive ......................................................................................................... 50
8 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 53
Using Media Card Reader cards ........................................................................................................ 53
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 53
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 54
Using ExpressCards ........................................................................................................................... 54
Configuring an ExpressCard .............................................................................................. 55
Inserting an ExpressCard .................................................................................................. 56
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 57
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 57
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