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Section 5. Power Management
77-0100-001 12 September 2000
Monitoring Battery Power
There are two ways to monitor how much power the battery has left.
1 Click Start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Management; then click the Power Meter tab.
2 Moving the cursor to the battery icon on the taskbar is the simplest way to check on battery power status.
NOTE If you do not see the battery icon, enable it in Start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Management. Choose the
Advanced tab and select “Always show icon on the taskbar.”
Low Battery Alarms
How your computer responds to a low battery condition is set under Start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Manage-
ment/Alarms.
Two different power alarms can be enabled or disabled: the Low Battery Alarm, and the Critical Battery Alarm. Use
the slidebar to set the power level at which the alarms are activated. Click on the Action button to choose whether the
alarm sounds, displays a message, or both.
CAUTION When battery power is low, the battery LED indicator will flash red, and the alarm will beep or display a
warning on your screen. Take immediate action, such as saving files or connecting to the AC adapter, or data may be
lost.
When the computer alerts you that the battery is low, immediately do one of the following:
• Connect the AC power adapter
• Save your work, and suspend to disk (FN + F3)
• Save your work, then select Shut Down from the Start menu
• Turn off or suspend the computer and replace the discharged battery with a charged battery (See Changing the
Battery later in this section).
NOTE Do not restart the computer until you have connected to an AC adapter, or replaced the discharged battery
with a charged battery.