Monitoring The Battery Charge - Gateway Notebook User Manual & Code Book

Chapter 5: Managing Power

Monitoring the battery charge

Your new Gateway notebook is designed to provide an exceptional
balance of performance and portability. Your notebook uses the latest
chipset and mobile processor technologies to manage the processor speed
and power consumption for a greater battery life experience. This design
provides you with maximum performance when plugged into AC power
balanced with optimized battery life when on battery power.
Closely monitor the battery charge. When the battery charge gets low,
change the battery or connect to AC power immediately to prevent losing
any unsaved work. To monitor the battery charge:
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Double-click the power cord icon
taskbar. The Power Meter dialog box opens.
Important
■ Look at the power/battery charge indicator (see
page 12:
LED solid blue - notebook is on, and if the notebook is connected
■
to AC power, the battery is fully charged.
LED blinking blue - notebook is in Standby mode.
■
LED solid purple - battery is charging.
■
LED blinking purple - battery is charging and notebook is in
■
standby.
LED blinking red - battery charge is very low and has insufficient
■
power to turn on the notebook.
LED off - notebook is off.
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Wait for a Low Battery warning message to appear.
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If the power cord or battery icon does not appear on the
taskbar, click the show hidden icons
still does not appear, make sure that Always show icon
on the taskbar is checked on the Power Options
Properties Advance tab.
For more information, see "Changing advanced settings"
in Using Your Computer which has been included on your
hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs,
then click Gateway Documentation.
www.gateway.com
or battery icon
button. If the icon
"Right side" on
in the