Running The Computer On Battery Power - Toshiba Tecra 500CS User Manual

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Taking Your Computer on the Road

Running the Computer on Battery Power

Running the Computer on Battery Power
The computer contains a removable Lithium-Ion battery pack that
provides power when you are away from an AC outlet. This is the
main battery. You can recharge the battery many times. If you
spend a lot of time traveling, you may purchase additional battery
packs, giving you the potential of many more working hours away
from a power source.
In addition to the main battery, the computer has two other batter-
ies: the backup battery and the real-time clock (RTC) battery.
These are nickel metal hydroxide (NiMH) batteries.
The backup battery provides the power to store information about
the system when you suspend the computer using the
Windows 95 Suspend command or Toshiba's Resume Mode. The
backup battery maintains this information for up to eight hours
after the battery pack discharges completely.
The RTC battery stores your system configuration settings and the
current time and date information. It maintains this information for
up to a month while the computer is turned off.
Charging the Batteries
To charge the main battery while it is in your computer, plug the
computer into a live wall socket. The battery charges whether the
computer is on or off. It takes approximately four hours to charge
the battery with the computer off, and approximately four and a
half to ten and a half hours when the computer is on.
The battery light glows orange while the battery is being charged.
Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer