4-2
Using the Battery Pack
When a wall outlet is not available, you can use the rechargeable battery pack to
power your notebook. When you are using the battery pack to power your
notebook for a long time, we recommend that you enable the automatic suspend
to disk function of the system’s
Power Management
, according to the steps
below. See
System Power Management
in Chapter 3 for more details.
1.
Turn on the notebook.
2.
As soon as you see the message “
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
”, press
F2
to
display the Setup utility.
3.
In the
Power
page of the Setup utility, change the value of the field
Power
Management
to
Enabled
, and then change the value of the field
Auto Save to
Disk
to
After 5 Min.
(This assumes that the field
Suspend Data To
is set to
RAM
.)
4.
Press the
Esc
key; and then press the
Enter
key twice to restart your
notebook under the new power management settings.
When it is fully charged, a standard battery pack can power the notebook for
about 2 hours. The duration depends on the condition of the battery, and on usage
and the options that are installed in your notebook.
Recharging the Battery
Whenever your notebook is connected to a wall outlet through the AC adapter,
the battery will automatically begin charging if it is less than fully charged. The
battery charge indicator will turn on with an amber color to indicate that the
battery is being charged.
If your notebook is turned off, it will take about 4 hours to completely recharge an
empty battery pack. If your notebook is in the suspend to RAM mode, it will take
about 6 hours to completely recharge an empty battery pack. When the battery
pack is fully charged, the battery charge indicator will change from an amber
color to a green color.
Battery Low Indications
When the battery level is low and only a few minutes of power are left, the battery
charge indicator will begin to flash off and on with a red color, and the notebook
will begin to emit an audible beep.
