Power

qThe fuel gauge (accessed via Fn+F6) turns red.

When a low-battery warning occurs, you have about fifteen minutes of power left. If you do not connect the AC adapter or install a backup battery pack within fifteen minutes, the computer saves your data and shuts down.

The computer will save your data to disk if:

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

qThe When Lid Is Closed setting is set to Suspend to Disk.

qThe suspend-to-disk file created by the Sleep Manager is present and valid.

qThe Resume on Modem Ring and Resume on Schedule settings are disabled..

If the computer cannot save your data to disk, it saves it to memory. After saving your data to either disk or memory, the computer shuts down.

For more information about saving to disk and saving to memory, see page 52.

Warning! Connect the AC adapter or insert a charged battery pack into the computer as soon as possible to prevent data loss.

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