Charging The Batteries - Toshiba 8000 User Manual

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Power Management
Running the computer on battery power
source, you may purchase a battery module for use in the
computer's SelectBay, or carry additional charged battery packs
with you.
In addition to the main battery, the computer has two other
batteries: the backup battery and the real-time-clock (RTC)
battery. These are nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries.
The backup battery provides the power to store information about
the system when you suspend the computer using the
Windows 95/Windows NT Suspend command, Windows 98
Standby command, or Toshiba's Resume Mode. The backup
battery maintains this information for up to eight hours after the
main battery discharges completely.
The RTC battery powers the RTC memory that stores your system
configuration settings and the current time and date information. It
maintains this information for up to a month while the computer is
turned off.

Charging the batteries

To charge the main battery while it is in your computer, plug the
computer into a live wall socket. The battery charges whether the
computer is on or off. It takes approximately two and a half hours
to charge the battery with the computer off, or three and a half
hours when the computer is on.
The main battery light glows orange while the battery is being
charged.
The battery may not start charging immediately under the
following conditions:
The battery is extremely hot or cold. To ensure that the battery
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charges to its full capacity, wait until it reaches room
temperature (50 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, 10 to 30 degrees
Celsius).
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