Monitoring The Battery Charge - Gateway M275 Notebook User Manual

Chapter 8: Managing Power

Monitoring the battery charge

Closely monitor the battery charge. When the battery charge gets low, change
the battery or connect to AC power immediately to prevent losing any unsaved
work.
Monitor the battery charge by:
Double-clicking/Double-tapping the power cord icon
in the taskbar. The Power Meter dialog box opens.
Important
Pressing F
upper-left corner of the screen. The power status box shows the current
power source, the battery charge level, and the power management mode.
Looking at the battery charge indicator:
Important
Waiting for a Low Battery warning message to appear.
If your battery charge indicator displays what looks like an inaccurate charge,
you may need to recalibrate the battery. For more information, see
"Recalibrating the battery" on page
156
If the power cord or battery icon does not appear on the
taskbar, click/tap the show hidden icons
icon still does not appear, make sure that Always show
icon on the taskbar is checked on the Power Options
Properties Advanced tab. See
settings" on page 168
+S to view the power status box, which opens in the
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LED blue - battery is fully charged.
LED purple - battery is charging.
LED blinking red - battery charge is very low.
LED solid red - battery is malfunctioning.
This LED only lights up when your convertible tablet PC
is connected to AC power or the battery charge is very low.
For the location of the battery charge indicator, see
status indicators" on page
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"Changing advanced
for more information.
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or battery icon
button. If the
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