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the S t a tus In d i c a tor wi ll show de ad battery, a n d
your notebook wi ll go into Su s pend Mode to try
and pro tect your data as long as po s s i bl e . Th e
Power Savi n gs set ti n gs do not a ect wh et h er the
de ad battery alarm level wi ll send your noteboo k
i n to Su s pend Mode. (See Fi g u re 2-3 on pa ge 17.)
Wh en the low battery alarm occ u rs you need to
s ave all your active data and put your noteboo k
i n to Su s pend Mode until you can provi de a new
power source . You should provi de this power as
s oon as po s s i bl e . The new power source can be a
ch a r ged battery or a power ad a pter, ei t h er
AC or Auto.
C A U T I O N
You may not be able to hear the audio
alarms if the volume control is set too
low, or is turned off by either hardware
or software, but you will still be able to
see the Battery Status Indicator flash.
U s i n g Y o u r L i f e B o o k 4 0 0 S e r i e s
C A U T I O N
When you are in Suspend Mode there
must always be at least one power sourc e
active at all times. If you turn off the
power with the Power Switch, or re m o v e
all power sources, Main Battery, AC
Adapter or Auto Adapter, while your note-
book is in Suspend Mode any data which
has not been saved to disk will be lost.
O n ce your notebook goes into De ad Ba t tery
Su s pend Mode you wi ll be unable to re su m e
opera ti on until you provi de a source of power
ei t h er from an AC Ad a pter, or an opti onal Auto
Ad a pter. De ad Ba t tery Su s pend Mode shows on
the Status In d i c a tor just like the norm a l
Su s pend Mode .O n ce you have provi ded power,
you wi ll need to press the Re sume But ton to
re sume opera ti on . In the Su s pend Mode , yo u r
data can be maintained for som eti m e . If a power
s o u rce is not provi ded prom pt ly, the Power
In d i c a tor wi ll stop flashing and go out , and
you wi ll have lost the data that was not stored .
L i f e B o o k 4 0 0 S e r i e s f r o m F u j i t s u
Once you provide power you can continue to
use your notebook while an adapter is charging
the battery, but the battery trickle charges
under these conditions. If you want to charge
the battery more quickly, put your notebook
into Suspend Mode, or turn it o , while the
adapter is charging the battery. (See Power O
on page 23 for shutdown procedures.)
C A U T I O N
There is no guarantee that data will not
be lost once your notebook enters the
Dead Battery Suspend Mode.
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