Recharging the battery

Pressing the battery meter buttons on the main battery and optional secondary battery. The battery meter lights indicate the percentage of battery charge remaining.

Waiting for a Low Battery warning message to appear.

If your battery charge indicator displays what looks like an inaccurate charge, you may need to recalibrate the battery. For more information, see “Recalibrating the battery” on page 142.

Recharging the battery

Both the main and the optional secondary batteries recharge while they are installed and your notebook is connected to AC power. While the batteries are recharging, the battery charge indicator turns orange and the battery icon in the taskbar has a lightning bolt .

Important

If the power cord or battery icon does not appear on the

taskbar, click the show hidden icons button.

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