Clevo D500E, User Manual

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Advanced Controls
Battery Information 3 - 23
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Battery life may be shortened through improper maintenance. To optimize the
life and improve its performance, fully discharge and recharge the battery at
least once every 30 days.
We recommend that you do not remove the battery yourself. If you need to
remove the battery for any reason,
see page 3 - 24 .
Battery FAQ
How do I completely discharge the battery?
Use the computer with battery power until it shuts down due to a low battery.
Don’t turn off the computer by yourself even when you see a message that in-
dicates the battery is critically low, just let the computer use up all of the bat-
tery power and shut down on its own. Disable the
Power Options functions
in the Control Panel, especially any Alarms ( unclick the tickboxes - see
page 3 - 22 ) and Schemes (change all the settings to Never - see page 3 - 18 ).
As the battery nears the end of its life save and close any critical files.
How do I fully charge the battery?
When charging the battery, don’t stop until the LED charging indicator light
changes from yellow to green.
How do I maintain the battery?
Completely discharge and charge the battery at least once every 30 days or af-
ter about 20 partial discharges.
Conserving Battery
Power
To conserve battery
power:
Close modem or com-
munication applica-
tions when they are not
being used.
Remove any unused
PC Cards from the
computer (PC Cards
quickly use up battery
power even if the sys-
tem enters sleep
mode).
Disconnect any unnec-
essary external devic-
es.