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Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Identifying Battery Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3-3
Inserting or Removing a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . 3-4
Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Charging a Primary and MultiBay Battery Pack . . . . 3-7
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3-8
Displaying Charge Information on a MultiBay
Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3-17
Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Identifying the Hard Drive Activity Light. . . . . . . . . 4-3
Removing and Installing a Primary Hard Drive . . . . 4-4
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