Monitoring The Battery Charge - Gateway M320 User Manual

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:
■
Double-click the power cord icon
taskbar. The Power Meter dialog box opens.
Important
■ Look at the battery charge indicator:
LED off - battery is fully charged.
■
LED on - battery is charging.
■
LED blinking - battery charge is very low.
■
Important
■
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 button. If the icon 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.
This LED only lights up when the notebook is
connected to AC power. For the location of the
battery charge indicator, see
www.gateway.com
or battery icon
"Top" on page
in the
10.