7-4 CARING FOR YOUR BATTERY PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE
1400 SERIES

Battery

Calibration

All batteries lose their

char

g

e if the

y

have not

been used for a lon

g

p

eriod of time. In this

section of “Carin
g
for Your
Batter
y
”
y
ou will become
familiar with the followin
g
:
•Calibratin
g
the Batter
y
•Maximizin
g
Batter
y
Operatin
g
Time
•Fixin
g
a
Low-Batter
y
Condition

Calibrating the Battery

You ma
y
notice that the batter
y
g
au
g
e does not correctl
y
displa
y
the batter
y
char
g
e level when
y
ou first receive
y
our Notebook
or if
y
ou have not used
y
our
Notebook for a lon
g
period of
time. If the batter
y
g
au
g
e
becomes inaccurate,
y
ou must
recalibrate
y
our batter
y
.
Recalibratin
g
the batter
y
simpl
y
means rechar
g
in
g
the batter
y
to
its maximum capacit
y
and
resettin
g
the batter
y
g
au
g
e to
displa
y
the level of char
g
e
accuratel
y
.
To recalibrate the batter
y
, complete the followin
g
steps:
1. Plu
g
in the AC adapter:
a. Allow the batter
y
to char
g
e until the Batter
y
Char
g
e
icon turns off, showin
g
that the batter
y
is full
y
char
g
ed.
b. After the batter
char
e li
ht or the icon turns off,
unplu
g
the AC adapter.
2. Turn on or restart
y
our Notebook.
Steps 3 throu
g
h 6 prevent
y
our Notebook from enterin
g
Sleep
mode. These steps also allow the batter
y
to drain faster.
3. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings,
and then click Control Panel.
4. Double-click the Power Management icon on the
Control Panel. The Power Mana
g
ement Properties dialo
g
box opens.