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Fujitsu Siemens Computers LifeBook A6210 User Manual

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61 - Lithium ion Battery

Low Battery State

When the battery is running low, a low battery notification message will appear. If you do not respond to
the low battery message, the batteries will continue to discharge until they are too low to operate. When
this happens, your notebook will go into Sleep mode. There is no guarantee that your data will be saved
once the notebook reaches this point.

Once your notebook reaches a point at which there is insufficient battery power, you will be unable to
resume operation until you provide a source of power either from an adapter, or a charged battery. Once
you have provided power, you will need to press the Power/Suspend/Resume button to resume operation.

When your system suspends due to low battery power, your data can be maintained for some time, but if
a power source is not provided promptly, the Power indicator will stop flashing and go out, meaning that
you have lost the data that was not stored. Once you provide power, you can continue to use your notebook
while an adapter is charging the battery.

Shorted Batteries

The Status Indicator panel uses an LED below the battery outline of the Battery Level indicator to display
the operating level available in that battery. If this display shows a Shorted Battery (i.e., it is flashing red),
it means the battery is damaged and must be replaced so it does not damage other parts of your notebook.

U

SING

HEAVY

CURRENT

DEVICES

SUCH

AS

FREQUENT

DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROM

ACCESSES

MAY

PREVENT

CHARGING

COMPLETELY

.

O

NCE

THE

LOW

BATTERY

NOTIFICATION

MESSAGE

APPEARS

,

SAVE

ALL

YOUR

ACTIVE

DATA

AND

PUT

YOUR

NOTEBOOK

INTO

S

LEEP

MODE

UNTIL

YOU

CAN

PROVIDE

A

NEW

POWER

SOURCE

. Y

OU

SHOULD

PROVIDE

A

CHARGED

BATTERY

,

AN

AC

POWER

ADAPTER

,

OR

A

UTO

/A

IRLINE

ADAPTER

AS

SOON

AS

POSSIBLE

.

W

HEN

YOU

ARE

IN

S

LEEP

MODE

THERE

MUST

ALWAYS

BE

AT

LEAST

ONE

POWER

SOURCE

ACTIVE

. I

F

YOU

REMOVE

ALL

POWER

SOURCES

WHILE

YOUR

L

IFE

B

OOK

NOTEBOOK

IS

IN

S

LEEP

MODE

,

ANY

DATA

THAT

HAS

NOT

BEEN

SAVED

TO

THE

HARD

DRIVE

WILL

BE

LOST

.