User's Manual

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 37
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................. 38
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 38
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 38
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 39
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 39
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 39
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 39
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 40
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 40
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 40
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 40
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 41
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 42
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 42
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 42
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 42
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 43
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 44
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) ....................................................................... 44
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 44
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 45
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 45
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 46
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 46
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 46
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 47
Using the docking connector (select models only) ............................................................ 47
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 48
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 48
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 49
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................... 49
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 49
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 49
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 51
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 51
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 52
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 52
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 53
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