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Pre-Charge A pre-charge is supplied to the Li-Ion battery pack.
Battery Status
Windows XP has an applet in the Control Panel that will display an
icon in the Windows taskbar indicating when the Notebook is
running on battery power or is attached to the AC adapter.
This applet also displays a meter that indicates how much charge
is remaining in the battery.
Battery Low Warning
When the pack initially reaches the “ Battery Low” state
approximately 10 ~ 15 minutes of the usable battery life is left.
You will hear an audible beep signal every 5 seconds alerting you
to the “ Battery Low” status. When the battery power reaches the
“ Battery Low Low” status the beeping sound will accelerate.
Your battery now has 1 ~ 2 minutes of battery charge remaining.
You must save your data or connect AC power immediately;
otherwise, you may lose your data.
Sound Meaning
Continuous
beeping every 5
seconds
Battery Low: Indicates that there is 7 to 10 minutes
charge remaining.
Beeping
accelerates
Battery Low Low: Indicates that there is 1 to 2
minutes of battery charge remaining. Save your
work and turn off the Notebook, or connect the AC
adapter.
When there is only one minute of battery charge remaining, the
Notebook will suspend to the HDD and power off. You should
connect AC power and resume to save your work.
Small Battery for the Real Time Clock
There is a small built-in battery pack that supplies power to the
system in order to maintain certain system information while the
power is off. If the Notebook is left without a power source for long
period of time, this battery will be exhausted and system
information will be lost.
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly
replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type
recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries
according to the manufacturer's instructions. Never remove the
battery pack while the power is on as this may result in data loss
when the system loses power.