Taking Care Of Your Battery; Safety Precautions - Toshiba S3 User Manual

Sample inserting the battery
3 Turn the computer right side up.
4 Reconnect any cables that were removed in step 3 of
"Removing the battery from the computer" on page
5 Restart the computer.

Taking care of your battery

The following sections offer tips on how to take care of your
battery and prolong its life.

Safety precautions

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If the battery pack produces an odor, overheats or
changes color or shape while it is being used or charged,
turn off the computer's power immediately and
disconnect the power cord/cable from the power socket.
Carefully remove the battery pack from the computer.
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Do not try to disassemble a battery pack.
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Do not overcharge or reverse charge a battery.
Overcharging will shorten its life, and reverse charging
could damage it.
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Avoid touching the metal terminals of the battery with
another metal object. Short-circuiting the battery can
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