Monitoring The Battery Charge - Gateway 450ROG User Manual

Chapter 8: Managing Power

Monitoring the battery charge

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:
■ Double-click the power cord icon
Power Meter dialog box opens.
Important
■
Press F
upper-left corner of the screen. The power status box shows the current
power source, the battery charge level, and the power management mode.
■ Look at the battery charge indicator:
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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 Advanced tab. See
settings" on page 166
+S to view the power status box, which opens in the
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LED green - main and optional secondary battery are fully charged.
LED orange - main or optional secondary battery is charging.
LED blinking red - main and optional secondary battery charge are
very low.
LED solid red - main or optional secondary battery is malfunctioning.
This LED only lights when the notebook is connected to
AC power or the main and optional secondary battery
charge is very low. For the location of the battery charge
indicator, see
www.gateway.com
or battery icon
"Changing advanced
for more information.
"Front" on page 2.
in the taskbar. The
button. If the icon