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Getting Started
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Using Battery Power
The Notebook PC is designed to work with a removable battery pack. The battery pack consists of a set of battery cells housed together. A fully charged pack will provide several hours of battery life, which can be further extended by using power management features through the BIOS setup. Additional battery packs are optional and can be purchased separately through a Notebook PC retailer.
Installing and Removing the Battery Pack
Your Notebook PC may or may not have its battery pack installed. If your Notebook PC does not have its battery pack installed, use the following procedures to install the battery pack.
IMPORTANT! Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the Notebook PC is turned ON, as this may result in the loss of working data.
To install the battery pack:
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To remove the battery pack:
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IMPORTANT! Only use battery packs and power adapters supplied with this Notebook
PC or specifically approved by the manufacturer or retailer for use with this model or else damage may occur to the Notebook PC.
Battery Care
is higher than the outside temperature. Any temperatures above or below this range will shorten the life of the battery. But in any case, the battery pack’s usage time will eventually decrease and a new battery
WARNING! For safety reasons, DO NOT throw the battery in fire, DO NOT short circuit the contacts, and DO NOT disassemble the battery. If there is any abnormal operation or damage to the battery pack caused by impact, turn OFF the Notebook PC and contact an authorized service center.
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Table of contents
- 6 About This User’s Manual
- 6 Notes For This Manual
- 9 Preparing your Notebook PC
- 12 Top Side
- 14 Bottom Side
- 16 Right Side
- 18 Left Side
- 19 Front Side
- 20 Rear Side
- 24 Power System
- 24 Using AC Power
- 25 Using Battery Power
- 25 Battery Care
- 26 Powering ON the Notebook PC
- 26 The Power-On Self Test (POST)
- 27 Checking Battery Power
- 27 Charging the Battery Pack
- 28 Power Options
- 29 Power Management Modes
- 29 Sleep and Hibernate
- 29 Thermal Power Control
- 30 Special Keyboard Functions
- 30 Colored Hot Keys
- 32 Microsoft Windows Keys
- 32 Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad
- 32 Keyboard as Cursors
- 33 Switches and Status Indicators
- 33 Switches
- 35 Status Indicators
- 40 Pointing Device
- 40 Using the Touchpad
- 41 Touchpad Usage Illustrations
- 42 Caring for the Touchpad
- 42 Automatic Touchpad Disabling (Synaptics)
- 43 Gaming Optical Mouse (on selected models)
- 45 Storage Devices
- 45 Expansion Card
- 46 Optical Drive
- 48 Flash Memory Card Reader
- 49 Hard Disk Drive
- 50 Memory (RAM)
- 51 Connections
- 51 Modem Connection
- 52 Network Connection
- 53 Wireless LAN Connection (on selected models)
- 54 Windows Wireless Network Connection
- 55 Bluetooth Wireless Connection (on selected models)
- 56 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (on selected models)