3-2User’s Manual
3.1 Battery Pack
The notebook uses a battery pack that gives you long use between charges.

3.1.1 Battery Pack Characteristics

The battery pack has the following characteristics:
• Employs Current Battery Technology Standards The notebook uses
either a Lithium-Ion or Nickel Metal-Hydride (NiMH) battery pack.
These battery types do not have the memory effect problem of Nickel
Cadmium (NiCd). NiMH and especially Li-Ion batteries consistently
provide the longest battery life, best-suited for road warriors.
• Battery-low Warning When the battery charge level becomes low, the
notebook gives off warning beeps and the status indicator flashes at
regular intervals. This tells the user that the battery power is critically
low. You can correct this situation by recharging the battery pack.
Whenever possible, use the AC adapter. The battery will come in handy
when you travel or during a power failure. It is advisable to have an extra
fully-charged battery pack available for backup.
Currently, there is no defined standard for measuring battery life. Several
factors have made it almost impossible to compare the battery life of
different notebooks based on specifications alone. These factors include
different implementations of power saving/management systems,
applications in use, the user’s “usage pattern”, hard disk capacity and
access frequency, LCD size and brightness, system form factor and weight.
If the system is to be stored for more than two weeks, we
suggest that you remove the battery pack. Battery power (from
a fully charged battery pack) depletes in roughly ten hours with
the notebook in standby mode. When power is off, battery
power depletes in one month.