Instruction Manual

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 38
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................. 38
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 38
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 39
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 39
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 39
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 40
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 40
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 40
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 40
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 40
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 41
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 41
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 41
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 41
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 42
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 42
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ........................... 42
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) .............................. 43
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 43
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 43
Switchable graphics/dual graphics (select models only) ................................................... 44
Using switchable graphics (select models only) ................................................ 44
Using dual graphics (select models only) .......................................................... 45
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 46
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) ....................................................................... 46
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 46
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 46
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 47
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 47
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 48
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 48
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 48
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 49
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 49
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 49
Using the optional security screw ...................................................................................... 50
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 51
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 51
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