VII
ChargingtheBatteryProperly
Yournotebookcomputerfeaturesapowerful,rechargeableLi-Ionbattery
pack. Normally,afullychargedbatterydeliversapprox. 2to3hoursof battery
operation foryournotebook.ItisveryimportantthatyouenablethePower
ManagementfeaturesunderWindowsXPforcarefulmanagement ofpower
consumption.Theendurancewillvarydependingonthedifferent notebook
configurationsaswellasworkhabits.Averybrightdisplay,lotsofharddisk
access usingtheDVDdriveaswellasanextensiveuseoftheWLANadapter
will increasepowerconsumptionandthereforereducebatteryendurance.
1. Tochargethebattery,connectthepoweradaptertothenotebookandtoa
walloutlet.
Duringthecharging process,thebatteryindicator(LED)locatednext tothe
statusindicators(LEDs)willlightup.Ifthenotebookisturnedoff,anempty
batterywilltakeapprox.3hourstobecomefullycharged. Thecharging time
willbelongerif thenotebookisturnedon andbeingused.It isnormalthatthe
batterybecomeswarmduringthechargingprocess.
2. Thebatterywilldevelop itsfull capacityaftercompleting20charging and
dischargingcycleswithoutperforming anyquickcharging.
3. Inordertomaintainitsfull capacity,it isrecommendedthatyoufully
dischargethebatteryfromtimetotime.Todoso,disconnect thepower
adapterandkeepyournotebookturnedon untilitautomaticallytogglestothe
