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Chapter 8: Managing Power
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Recalibrating the battery
If your notebook unexpectedly goes into Standby mode while you are using
it but the battery charge is not low, you may need to recalibrate your battery.
You should also recalibrate the battery once a year to maintain the accuracy
of the battery gauge.
To recalibrate the battery:
1
Connect the AC adapter, then turn on your notebook.
2
As soon as it starts and you see a startup screen, press
F2
. The BIOS Setup
program opens.
3
Open the
Power
menu.
4
Highlight
Battery Calibration
, then select
Enabled
by pressing the spacebar.
5
Open the
Exit
menu, then highlight
Exit Saving Changes
and press
E
NTER
.
6
Select
Yes
, then press
E
NTER
.
The battery learning process begins and a screen opens showing you the
progress. The entire process will take several hours.
When the recalibration has finished, the message “Press [Esc] key to exit”
appears.
7
Press
E
SC
. The battery indicator now displays the accurate battery charge.
If the battery indicator does not show an accurate charge, contact
Gateway Technical Support.
Important
Do not interrupt the battery recalibration process. If
recalibration is interrupted, you must start the process over
again.
