Battery Status - Gateway Solo 9150 User Manual

48 Using Your Gateway Solo™ 9150 Notebook

Battery status

You can check the battery status in several ways.
Position the cursor over the power cord or battery icon in the lower
right corner of the taskbar. A battery status popup window appears.
Moving the cursor anywhere on the display closes the window.
Click twice on the power cord or battery icon in the lower right corner
of the taskbar. A battery status window opens. Click on the
upper right corner of the screen to close it.
Click on
Start, Settings
icon. You can view the battery status and set power
Management
preferences from the
Press the F and the F2 keys simultaneously. The Power Status
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window appears in the upper left corner of the display. This window
monitors battery status and the power management selection. BAT1
monitors the status of the battery pack in the battery bay. Press the F
and the F2 (Status) keys again to close the window.
When the battery level gets low:
The system beeps three times.
The battery icon in the lower right task bar has a red "X" over it.
The Low Battery window appears, advising you to change your
battery or switch to AC power immediately to prevent losing your
work. Connect the AC adapter to the notebook to recharge the battery.
, then . Double click on the
Control Panel
Power Management Properties
in the
X
Power
window.
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