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Contents
2 Power
Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3Selecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3Using External or Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6Initiating Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown . . . . . . 2–8Default Power Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9Turning the Notebook or Display On or Off . . . . . . 2–10Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation. . . . . . . . . 2–11Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . 2–13Power Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13Accessing the Power Options Window . . . . . . . . . . 2–13Displaying the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14Setting or Changing a Power Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15Using a Security Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17Inserting or Removing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . 2–17Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–19 Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 2–20 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21 Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24 Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–28 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–30
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