Acer 330 Series manual Situation Recommended Action

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Operating on Battery Power

❑The power indicator flashes at regular intervals until battery power is depleted.

When you receive a battery-low warning, you have around two minutes to save your work. If you do not connect the AC adapter within this period, the computer enters Hibernation mode if the Sleep Upon Battery-low parameter in BIOS Utility is enabled and the following conditions exist:

❑The Hibernation file created by Sleep Manager is present and valid. See “Sleep Manager” on page 76.

❑There is enough battery power left to save system information onto the hard disk.

Otherwise, the computer enters Standby mode.

Warning! Connect the AC adapter to the computer as soon as possible. Data is lost when computer power is cut off during Standby mode.

The following table shows the recommended course of action to take when you encounter a battery-low condition.

Situation	Recommended Action
AC adapter and	1.	Connect the AC adapter to the computer.
power outlet	2.	Save all necessary files.
available	3.	Resume work.

Power off the computer if you wish to recharge the battery rapidly.