Clevo M37EW, User Manual

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Advanced Controls
Battery Information 3 - 25
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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 do need to
remove the battery for any reason see
“Removing the Battery” on page 6 - 3 .
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 3 -
24 ) and Schemes (change all the settings to Never - see page 3 - 19 ). 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 orange 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 pow-
er:
Lower the brightness lev-
el of the LCD display. The
system will decrease LCD
brightness slightly to save
power when it is not pow-
ered by the AC adapter.
Close modem or commu-
nication applications
when they are not being
used.
Remove any unused PC
Cards from the computer
(PC Cards quickly use up
battery power even if the
system enters sleep
mode).
Disconnect any unneces-
sary external devices.