Fujitsu 420D, User Manual

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C A U T I O N
When you are in Suspend Mode t h e re
must always be at least one power sourc e
active at all times. If you turn off the
power with the Power Switch, or re m o v e
all power sources, Main Battery, AC
Adapter or Auto Adapter, while your note-
book is in Suspend Mode any data which
has not been saved to disk will be lost.
S e c t i o n T w o
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arrow is displayed just to the left of the battery
icon on the Status Indicator. The percentage
charge is also shown inside the Battery Icon.
(Figure 2-4 on page 18.)
The ch a r ging time from fully disch a r ged is up to
a pprox i m a tely 3 hours wh en your notebook is
O
ff
or in Su s pend Mode. The ch a r ge times wi ll be
s i gn i fic a n t ly lon ger if your notebook is in use
while the battery is ch a r ging (up to approx i -
m a tely 9 hours with normal opera ting level s ) .
Switching From AC Adapter To B a t t e ry Power
1. Be su re that you have a ch a r ged battery install ed .
2. Remove the AC Adapter.
Low Battery State
Wh en the battery is running low, your noteboo k
beeps abo ut every 15 seconds and the Ba t tery
S t a tus In d i c a tor fla s h e s . If you do not re s pond to
the low battery alarm , the battery wi ll con ti nu e
to disch a r ge until it is too low to opera te . Wh en
this happens there wi ll be a mu l tiple beep alarm ,
the Status In d i c a tor wi ll show de ad battery, a n d
your notebook wi ll go into Su s pend Mode to try
and pro tect your data as long as po s s i bl e . Th e
Power Savi n gs set ti n gs do not a
ff
ect wh et h er the
de ad battery alarm l evel wi ll send your noteboo k
i n to Su s pend Mode .( F i g u re 2-3 on page 17.)
Wh en the l ow battery alarm occ u rs you need to
s ave all your active data and put your noteboo k
i n to Su s pend Mode u n til you can provi de a new
power source . You should provi de this power as
s oon as po s s i bl e . The new power source can be a
ch a r ged battery or a power ad a pter, ei t h er
AC or Auto.
C A U T I O N
Using heavy current devices such as LAN
cards or frequent CD-ROM accesses may
prevent charging completely.
C A U T I O N
You may not be able to hear the audio
alarms if the volume control is set too
low, or is turned off by either hardware
or software, but you will still be able to
see the Battery Status Indicator flash.