TabletKiosk eo a7330 Ultra-Mobile - Manual (Page 36)

Chapter 03: Battery Usage and Care 21
When fully charged, the battery indicator will change to green
and the battery’s charge will be maintained while connected to
the external power source. When the computer is disconnected
from the electrical outlet, the battery indicator will turn off.
When charging your a7330 with both battery packs attached,
the main battery will first charge 80%, followed by the second-
ary battery charging to 80%. Then the main battery will charge
the remaining 20% and finally the secondary battery will charge
its remaining 20%. When both batteries are fully charged, the
battery indicator will change to green.
NOTE: The time to fully recharge both battery packs is approximately
5 hours and 44 minutes when the computer is powered off. Time to
recharge just the main battery pack when the system is powered off is
about 2 hours and 34 minutes. The time to fully recharge the battery
when the computer is powered on and in use varies according to the
power requirements of the operations that the a7330 is performing
while charging.
Problems Charging the Battery
Environmental conditions can affect the ability of the computer
to charge the battery. If the battery is too hot from either being
used in your computer or being exposed to an overly hot
environment, the battery may not charge when you connect the
computer to an electrical outlet.
If this occurs, disconnect the computer from the electrical outlet
and allow it and the battery to cool to room temperature. Then
reconnect the computer to an electrical outlet to continue
charging the battery.
Battery Status
Both Windows XP and Windows Vista have an applet in the
Control Panel that will display an icon in the Windows taskbar
indicating when the computer is running on battery power or is
attached to the AC adapter.