Compaq 3500 - Manual (Page 135)

16-4 Troubleshooting
Writer: Lorise Fazio Saved by: J Abercrombie Saved date: 12/08/98 4:55 PM
Part Number: 310296-002 File name: Ch16.doc
Solving Battery Problems
Problem Possible Cause Solution
Computer is beeping
and battery charge
light is blinking The computer has
entered a low battery
condition. Save your information, exit
all applications, and turn
off the computer.
If available, immediately
connect the computer to
an external power source.
If an external power
source is not available, in
Windows 95, initiate
Hibernation by pressing Fn
+ the suspend button, or
let the computer go into
Hibernation automatically.
Remember that the
computer has not
completed Hibernation
until all lights are off.
Replace the battery pack.
Charge the battery pack.
Battery charge light
is blinking but
computer does not
beep Computer entered a
low battery condition
while low battery
warning beeps and/or
system beeps are
turned down or off. Immediately connect the
computer to an external
power source. If an
external power source is
not available and you are
running Windows 95, be
sure that Hibernation is
enabled, then initiate
Hibernation by pressing
Fn
+ the suspend button, or
let the computer go into
Hibernation automatically.
The computer has not
completed Hibernation
until all lights are off.
Enable low battery
warning beeps:
1. Click the Conservation
Settings tab in Power
Properties and enable
low battery warning
beeps.
2. Press the Fn+F5
hotkeys to adjust
volume for system
warning beeps.
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