Compaq Evo Notebook N180 User Manual page 77

Caring for Your Battery
Windows XP Professional—To recalibrate the battery:
1. Plug in the AC adapter.
2. Allow the battery to charge until the Battery Charge
turns off, showing that the battery is fully charged.
3. After the Battery Charge
AC adapter.
4. Turn on or restart your notebook.
Steps 5 through 8 prevent your notebook from entering Sleep
mode. These steps also allow the battery to drain faster.
5. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, then click
Control Panel.
6. Click the Performance and Maintenance icon. The
Performance and Maintenance dialog box is displayed.
7. Click the Power Options icon. The Power Options
Properties dialog box is displayed.
8. Click the Power Schemes tab.
9. From the Running on batteries column:
a. In the Turn off monitor drop-down list, select Never.
b. In the Turn off hard disks drop-down list, select Never.
c. In the System standby drop-down list, select Never.
d. In the System hibernates drop-down list, select Never.
10. Let the battery drain until your notebook reaches Hibernation
and turns off.
11. Plug in the AC adapter and restart your notebook.
12. Return to the Power Options Properties dialog box, and
re-enter your power savings settings to the desired level.
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7
light turns off, unplug the
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light
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