Recalibrating The Battery - Gateway 1450 User Manual

Chapter 8: Managing Power

Recalibrating the battery

If your notebook unexpectedly goes into Standby mode while you are using
it but the battery charge is not low, you may need to recalibrate the battery.
To recalibrate the battery:
1
Connect the AC adapter, then turn on your notebook.
2
As soon as it starts and you see a startup screen, press F2. The BIOS Setup
utility opens.
3
Open the
4
Highlight
5
Open the
6
Select
The battery recalibration process begins and a screen opens showing you
the progress. The entire process will take several hours.
Important
When the recalibration has finished, the message "Press [Esc] key to exit"
appears.
7
Press E
charge. If the battery charge indicator does not show an accurate charge,
contact Gateway Technical Support.
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menu.
Power
Battery Calibration
menu, then highlight
Exit
, then press E
Yes
NTER
Do not interrupt the battery recalibration process. If
recalibration is interrupted, you must start the process over
again.
. The battery charge indicator now displays an accurate battery
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, then select
Enabled
Exit Saving Changes
.
by pressing the spacebar.
and press E
NTER
.