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- 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
.
