Step 4: Fully Recharge The Battery; Step 5: Reenable Hibernation And Sleep; Conserving Battery Power - HP Pavilion dm3-2000 - Entertainment Notebook PC User Manual

To discharge a battery:
1. Unplug the computer from its external power source, but do
2. Run the computer on battery power until the battery is discharged. The battery light begins to
blink when the battery has discharged to a low battery level. When the battery is discharged, the
battery light turns off and the computer shuts down.

Step 4: Fully recharge the battery

To recharge the battery:
1. Plug the computer into external power and maintain external power until the battery is fully
recharged. When the battery is recharged, the battery light on the computer turns off.
You can use the computer while the battery is recharging, but the battery charges faster if the
computer is off.
2. If the computer is off, turn it on when the battery is fully charged and the battery light has turned
off.

Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep

CAUTION:
information loss if the computer reaches a critical battery level.
1. Click the battery meter icon in the notification area, and then click More power options.
– or –
Select Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options.
2. Under the current power plan, click Change plan settings.
3. Reenter the settings that you recorded for the items in the On battery column.
4. Click Change advanced power settings.
5. Click the plus sign next to Sleep, and then click the plus sign next to Hibernate after.
6. Reenter the setting that you recorded for On battery.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Save changes.

Conserving battery power

●
Select the Power saver power plan through Power Options under System and Security in
Windows Control Panel.
●
Turn off wireless and local area network (LAN) connections and exit modem applications when
you are not using them.
●
Disconnect external devices that are not plugged into an external power source, when you are
not using them.
●
Stop, disable, or remove any external media cards that you are not using.
●
Use the f1 and f2 hotkeys to adjust screen brightness as needed.
● If you leave your work, initiate Sleep or Hibernation, or shut down the computer.
48 Chapter 6 Power management
Failure to reenable Hibernation after calibration may result in a full battery discharge and
not
turn off the computer.