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Power management

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Using power-saving states ................................................................................................................... 1

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................................... 1

Initiating and exiting Hibernation .......................................................................................... 2

Using the battery meter ........................................................................................................................ 3

Using power plans ................................................................................................................................ 4

Viewing the current power plan ........................................................................................... 4

Selecting a different power plan .......................................................................................... 4

Customizing power plans ..................................................................................................... 4

Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................................... 5

Connecting the AC adapter .................................................................................................................. 7

Finding battery information in Help and Support .................................................................................. 9

Using Battery Check ........................................................................................................................... 10

Displaying the remaining battery charge ............................................................................................ 11

Inserting or removing the battery ........................................................................................................ 12

Charging a battery .............................................................................................................................. 13

Maximizing battery discharge time ..................................................................................................... 14

Managing low battery levels ............................................................................................................... 15

Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................................. 15

Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................................. 15

Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................................... 17

Step 1: Fully charge the battery ......................................................................................... 17

Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep .............................................................................. 17

Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................................ 18

Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ...................................................................................... 18

Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................................... 18

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