AVERATEC N3400 manual Battery Low Warning, Small Battery for the Real Time Clock

Battery Low Warning

When the pack initially reaches the “Battery Low” state approximately 7 ~ 10 minutes of the usable battery life is left. You will hear an audible beep signal every 15 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	Battery Low: Indicates that there is 7 to 10 minutes charge remaining.
every 5 seconds
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.

When there is only one minute of battery charge remaining, the Notebook will suspend to the HDD and power off. You should connect AC power and resume to save your work.

Small Battery for the Real Time Clock

There is a small built-in battery pack that supplies power to the system in order to maintain certain system information while the power is off.

If the Notebook is left without a power source for long period of time, this battery will be exhausted and system information will be lost.

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