Caring for Your Battery | Compaq 700 Series specification

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Caring for Your Battery

When you’re on the go, AC wall outlets are not always available and sometimes you’ll want to use battery power. This chapter shows you how to maintain and recharge your battery properly so that your Notebook computer has the power necessary to continue running.

This chapter covers the following main topics:

■Battery Care, 6-2

■Battery Calibration, 6-6

■Power Management, 6-10

After you have read this chapter, you will be able to complete the following tasks:

■Increase the length of battery operating time

■Correct a low-battery condition

■Store your battery

■Recycle your battery

Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide

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Compaq 700 Series manual Caring for Your Battery

Contents

Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Page Contents Using Your Notebook Using the CD or DVD Drive Glossary Index Introduction Documentation Where Can I Find Information?Getting Started Poster Warranty Certificate Safety and Comfort GuideMobile Internet PC User’s Guide Viewing or Printing a Guide on the CD Symbols Symbols and GraphicsGraphics Turning off your Notebook PC Safety Protecting Your Notebook During An Electrical Storm Your Notebook at a Glance Front of Your Notebook Common Features Lower Front Panel Easy Access Buttons and Lights Fn+F1 Button Description Default Button ActionFn+F2 Button Description Function Key Combinations Components on Left Side Left and Right Panels Components on Right Side Components on Back Back Panel Components on Underside Underside Using Your Notebook Power On Surge Protectors Plugging and Unplugging AC PowerDo’s Don’ts Turning Your Notebook On and Off Why Use AC Power When I’ve Got a Battery? Power Button Functionality Inserting and Removing the Battery Using Battery Power Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide See also Battery Care in of this guide Charging the Battery Using the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse Using Keyboard and Pointing DeviceLeft-Click Right-Click Tapping and Double-TappingEasy Scroll Button Cad goes here Edge Motion Reprogramming the Easy Access Buttons Easy Access Buttons Identifying Your Storage Drives Storage Drives Power-On Password Using the Security SlotSecurity Setting the Password Removing the Password Common Tasks Video Connection Switching Between DisplaysKey External Ext. Monitor + Combination Connecting and Enabling S-Video Common Tasks Software and Hardware Installing Software from a CD or Floppy DiskAdding and Removing Software Upgrading your Notebook’s Memory Installing Hardware Devices Cad goes here Cad goes here Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Modem Connecting a Modem Cable Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Connecting a Network Cable Using the CD or DVD Drive Inserting a Disc CD or DVD Drive Removing a Disc Manually Ejecting a Disc Playing Audio CDs Audio CDs and DVD Video Discs Playing Non-DVD Video Discs DVDs Using the DVD Player On-Screen Controls Identifying Your DVD Region Setting Cad goes here Using the CD or DVD Drive CD-RW Basics Installing CD-RW Software Accessing CD-RW Software User Information Media Uses Using CD-RW Software Preventing Buffer Underrun Errors Caring for Your Battery Using the Battery Battery Care Checking Battery Power Storing the Battery Recycling the Battery Calibrating the Battery Battery Calibration Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Battery Charging Time Maximizing Battery Operating Time Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide What Is Power Management? Power ManagementUnderstanding Power Management Starting and Ending Power Modes Power ª light If you want to Then Result/Indicators Fixing a Low-Battery Condition Connect the AC Adapter Replace the Drained Battery with a Charged One Suspend Your Work Preventive Maintenance External Care of Your Notebook Cleaning the Exterior of your Notebook Cleaning the Keyboard Cleaning the TouchPad Cleaning the Display Screen Cleaning the External Mouse Caring for Your Notebook Do’s Solutions Backup Utilities Basic SolutionsUsing Backup Devices Compaq Help and Support Accessing Compaq Help and Support Customer Communities Using Online Help and Support for Additional Assistance Helpful Hints Finding Solutions Quickly Audio and Video Solution TablesAudio Symptom Problem Solution Volume icon on Volume control Symptom Problem SolutionVolume Down Volume icon is Place volume Settings tab Video or Display Symptom Problem SolutionDisplay Display settings Video or Display Symptom Battery Symptom Problem Solution Battery and Power Mass-Storage CD or DVD Drive Symptom Problem Solution My Computer g window Floppy Drive Symptom Problem SolutionFloppy a drive Internet Symptom Problem Solution Games Symptom Problem SolutionGames and Internet Internet Shift+Num Lk does Keyboard and TouchPad Symptom Problem SolutionKeyboard and TouchPad Fn+Num Lk or Mouse Power ª buttonDefaults button Keyboard and TouchPad PC Cards Symptom Problem Solution Memory Symptom Problem SolutionMemory and PC Cards Glossary See also main memory Glossary Directory See folder Desktop See Windows desktop See also peripheral Double-click Internet Explorer and Windows See also secure Web site See also Svga and XGA See Microsoft Internet Explorer See also hyperlink Link See hyperlink Microsoft Internet Explorer See also Microsoft Windows See also interface and digital Netscape Navigator a Web See also Microsoft Windows and interface See also modem and network See also digital and serial port Parallel port a connector on See also microprocessor See also right-click See also pop-up menu Glossary See also digital and program Taskbar See Windows taskbar See also anti-virus software See Internet phoneWeb See World Wide Web Glossary Glossary Index Index Index Index