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Chapter 5 — Power Management
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Save your work, and suspend to disk <Fn> + <F4>
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Save your work, then select Shut Down from the Start menu
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Turn off or suspend the computer and replace the discharged
battery with a charged battery (See Changing the Battery below).
Do not restart the computer until you have connected to an AC
adapter, or replaced the discharged battery with a charged battery.
Battery Charging
When you use the AC adapter to connect your Notebook to a power
outlet, the internal battery will automatically begin to recharge. While
the battery is charging, the Battery Charge icon on the Indicator panel
will be active. When the battery is fully charged, the Battery Charge
icon will turn off.
If your computer is turned off, a fully discharged battery will take about
3 hours to recharge. If your computer is turned on and is not in
suspend mode, it twill take about 4 hours to recharge the battery.
Refer to the following table:
System On
System Off
(suspend to RAM)
Note: A fully charged Li-Ion battery can run the
Notebook for up to 3 hours.
Power Saving Modes
Adjust the default power management settings in the Power Options/
Advanced dialog box in the Control panel.
Properties dialog box allows you to set different actions to take when
the computer is left idle for a certain amount of time.
Charging
Discharging
4 hours
3.5 hours
3 hours
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The Power Options
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