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Automatic Battery Pack Charging Function
You can automatically charge the battery pack by using the AC
Adapter. The charge time is about three hours when the Notebook
power is turned off. The following table summarizes the charging
modes:
Charge Mode Charge Time
Fast 3 hours with the system off or in Suspend
mode. The temperature must be 25
°C or
below room temperature.
Pre-Charge A pre-charge is supplied to the Li-Ion
battery pack.
Battery Status
Windows XP has an applet in the Control Panel that will display an
icon in the Windows taskbar indicating when the Notebook is running
on battery power or is attached to the AC adapter.
This applet also displays a meter that indicates how much charge is
remaining in the battery.
Battery Low Warning
When the pack initially reaches the “Battery Low” state
approximately 10 ~ 15 minutes of the usable battery life is left. You
will hear an audible beep signal every 1.5 seconds alerting you to the
“Battery Low” status. When the battery power reaches the “Battery
Low Low” status the beeping sound will accelerate. Your battery now
has 1 ~ 2 minutes of battery charge remaining. You must save your
data or connect AC power immediately; otherwise, you may lose your
data.
Sound Meaning
Continuous
beeping every
1.5 seconds Battery Low: Indicates that there is 7
to 10 minutes charge remaining.
Beeping
accelerates Battery Low Low: Indicates that
there is 1 to 2 minutes of battery
charge remaining. Save your work
and turn off the Notebook, or connect
the AC adapter.