Asus K53E-BBR19 user manual Using Battery Power, Installing and Removing the Battery Pack

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Using Battery Power

The Notebook PC is designed to work with a removable battery pack. The battery pack consists of a set of battery cells housed together.

A fully charged pack will provide several hours of battery life, which can be further extended by using power management features through the BIOS setup. Additional battery packs are optional and can be purchased separately through a Notebook PC retailer.

Installing and Removing the Battery Pack

Your Notebook PC may or may not have its battery pack installed. If your Notebook PC does not have its battery pack installed, use the following procedures to install the battery pack.

IMPORTANT! Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the Notebook PC is turned ON, as this may result in the loss of working data.

To install the battery pack:

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Contents E6093 December Table of Contents Chapter Using the Notebook PC AppendixGlobal Environmental Regulation Compliance Introducing About This User’s Manual Safety Precautions Page Charge Your Batteries Transportation PrecautionsCover Your Notebook PC Airplane Precautions These are quick instructions for using your Notebook PC Preparing your Notebook PCOpening the LCD display panel Chapter Top Side Tab Camera Indicator Power IndicatorPower Switch CameraTouchpad and Buttons Status Indicators frontKeyboard Bottom Side Battery Lock Manual Battery Lock Spring Battery PackHard Disk Drive Compartment Memory RAM CompartmentMicrophone Input Jack Right SideHeadphone Output Jack Optical Drive USB PortUSB Universal Serial Bus port is compatible with USB Kensington Lock Port Kensington Lock Port Air Vents Power DC InputLeft Side Hdmi Hdmi Port LAN PortDisplay Monitor Output Rear Side Front Side Flash Memory SlotPage Getting Started Power System Using AC PowerPage To install the battery pack Using Battery PowerInstalling and Removing the Battery Pack Battery Care To remove the battery packPowering on the Notebook PC Power-On Self Test PostSelf Monitoring and Reporting Technology Checking Battery Power Charging the Battery Pack Power Options Restarting or RebootingEmergency Shutdown Power Management Modes Sleep and Hibernate Thermal Power Control Special Keyboard Functions Colored Hot KeysDecreases the speaker volume only in Windows OS Increases the speaker volume only in Windows OSSpeaker Down Icon F11 Speaker Up Icon F12Microsoft Windows Keys Extended Keyboard on selected modelsKeyboard as a Numeric Keypad Stops media file playback Multimedia Control Keys on selected modelsBegins or pauses media file playback Switches and Status Indicators SwitchesStatus Indicators FrontBattery Charge Indicator dual-color Number Lock IndicatorCapital Lock Indicator Drive Activity Indicator Bluetooth / Wireless IndicatorUsing the Notebook PC Pointing Device Using the Touchpad Moving The PointerTouchpad Usage Illustrations Dragging-Clicking Page Caring for the Touchpad Automatic Touchpad DisablingPage Storage Devices Flash Memory Card ReaderHard Disk Drive Removing the hard disk drive Installing the hard disk drive Installing a Memory Card Removing a Memory Card Memory RAMConnections Network ConnectionTwisted-Pair Cable Wireless LAN Connection on selected models Ad-hoc mode Infrastructure modeOptional 802.11 wireless LAN adaptersWindows Wireless Network Connection Connecting to a networkPage Bluetooth Wireless Connection on selected models Turning on and Launching Bluetooth UtilityClick Add a device to look for New devices Right-click BluetoothNetwork Devices Page Page AppendixA Optional Accessories Optional ConnectionsOperating System and Software Support SoftwareSystem Bios Settings Boot DeviceOn the Boot screen, select Boot Option #1 Press Enter and select a device as the Boot Option #1Security Setting To set the passwordSave Changes Common Problems and Solutions Hardware Problem Optical DiscHardware Problem Keyboard / Hotkey Unknown Reason System UnstableHardware Problem Built-in Camera Hardware Problem BatteryHardware Problem Power ON/OFF Error Battery maintenanceHardware Problem Wireless Card Mechanical Problem FAN / ThermalSymptom & Solutions Why is the cooling fan always on and the temperature high?Unknown Reason Blue screen with white text Software Problem Asus bundled softwareBlue screen with white text appears after system bootup Page Software Problem Bios Press Enter to run the utility to select and update BiosAbout the Recovery Partition Recovering Your Notebook PCUsing Recovery Partition Creating the Recovery DVD Using Recovery DVD on selected modelsRecover Windows to entire HD with two partitions Using the Recovery DVD DVD-ROM Drive Information Regional Playback InformationRegion Definitions RegionCanada, US, US Territories CIS, India, Pakistan, Rest of Africa, Russia, North KoreaBlu-ray ROM Drive Information on selected models Region aRegion B Region CNetwork Compatibility Declaration Internal Modem CompliancyOverview Non-Voice Equipment Country Applied Page Declarations and Safety Statements Federal Communications Commission StatementFCC Radio Frequency RF Exposure Caution Statement Declaration of Conformity R&TTE directive 1999/5/ECCE marking for devices without wireless LAN/Bluetooth CE marking for devices with wireless LAN/ BluetoothCE Mark Warning IC Radiation Exposure Statement for CanadaWireless Operation Channel for Different Domains France Restricted Wireless Frequency BandsOise Orne Puy du Dôme Bas RhinUL Safety Notices Do not use the Notebook PC in the vicinity of a gas leakPower Safety Requirement TV Tuner NoticesNordic Lithium Cautions for lithium-ion batteries JapaneseOptical Drive Safety Information Laser Safety Information Service warning label Cdrh RegulationsMacrovision Corporation Product Notice CTR 21 Approval For Notebook PC with built-in Modem Spanish Swedish European Union Eco-label Energy Star complied productTakeback Services Global Environmental Regulation Compliance and DeclarationJapan JIS-C-0950 Material Declarations Korea RoHS Swiss Energy LawsCopyright Information Visit our multi-language web site at http//support.asus.com Service and SupportLimitation of Liability