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This section describes the indication of low battery status and how to treat it.
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Indication of low battery status
The remaining battery power indicator blinks in the status indicator LCD (
).
Critical Points
For Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows NT, the system generates an
audible alarm for a low battery condition. However, you may not hear it if the sound level is
low.
The alarm is not audible if the loudspeaker is set off.
To switch the loudspeaker on and off, press the [F3] key while holding down the [Fn] key. It
is on when you hear a beep and off when not.
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Countermeasure against Low Battery Status
1
Press the SUS/RES switch (Take Step 2 for Windows NT).
If you find the battery is low, press the SUS/RES switch to suspend (pause) the PC as soon as
possible. Suspending it during operation does not delete any program and data.
Critical Points
For Windows 2000 do not set “When pressing computer power button” to “Power off” on the
“Details” tab of “Power option property”. If “Power off” is selected, the PC power goes off
when you press the SUS/RES switch, resulting to deletion of data.
For Windows 98 do not set “When pressing computer power button” to “Shutdown” on the
“Details” tab of “Power management property”. If “Shutdown” is selected, the PC power
goes off when you press the SUS/RES switch, resulting to deletion of data.
If you are using Power Panel with Windows NT, pressing the SUS/RES switch can suspend
the PC.
2
Connect the AC adapter.
Battery charging starts when the AC adapter is connected.
Critical Points
Much power is consumed for reading from/writing to the hard disk. If the battery is in a low
condition, use the AC adapter to save your data to the hard disk.
Leaving the PC in a low battery condition causes the PC to be suspended. However, if you
are reading data from or writing to the hard disk, etc., the PC is not suspended until the
operation completes.
If you keep using the PC in a low battery condition, the data that is being generated or saved
may be lost at the worst. Connect the AC adapter immediately. If you do not have any AC
adapter, press the SUS/RES switch to resume the PC, then switch the PC power off.
Low Battery Status
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