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Responding to low battery conditions, Hint – Texas Instruments TM5000 Series User Manual

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Responding to Low Battery
Conditions

Hint

The computer has two ways to give you
advanced warning that the battery is nearing
depletion.

As the charge in the battery is reduced,
peak power loads, such as disk accesses,
can cause the

Low Battery

indicator to

indicate low battery power for short
periods of time.

In Windows, double-clicking on the
Battery Status icon in the TravelMate
Notebook Center Group displays an
estimate of the percentage of charge
remaining in the battery.

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