Battery Disposal - Dell Latitude CPi A-Series User Manual

Battery Disposal

When your battery no longer holds a charge, call your local waste disposal agency or environmental
agency for advice on disposing of the computer's lithium ion battery.
CAUTION: Do not puncture or incinerate the battery.
NOTES: The lithium ion technology used in your computer's battery is significantly less hazardous to
the environment than the lithium metal technology used in some other batteries (such as watch
batteries).
This computer is supplied with a lithium ion battery. Lithium ion batteries are longer lived than
conventional batteries and do not require replacement as often. Spent batteries should not be placed
in common household waste products. Contact local authorities for the location of a chemical waste
collection program nearest you. To purchase a new battery, call Dell or access the Dell World Wide
Web site at http://www.dell.com/.
About Battery Power
You automatically conserve battery power each time you attach an AC power source to the
computer. The battery is even being recharged when you use AC power. The battery's life
expectancy is largely determined by the number of charges it receives, so use an AC power source
to run the computer whenever possible.
You can customize power management by individually controlling the computer's power
conservation features. These features reduce power consumption by monitoring application
programs and computer devices for inactivity and slowing down or stopping some of the computer's
internal devices.
NOTES: When you use power conservation features, you often trade some of the performance of the
computer for increased battery operating time. For example, if you turn off the hard-disk drive, you
may experience a delay the next time the computer tries to access the hard-disk drive.
Other power conservation features, such as suspend mode, stop almost all system activity. They
allow you to maximize power conservation when your work is interrupted.
Experiment with power conservation features to achieve the optimum power conservation for your
work environment.
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