6 Power management ......................................................................................................................................
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Shutting down the computer ...............................................................................................................
Setting power options .........................................................................................................................
42
Using power-saving states .................................................................................................
Intel Rapid Start Technology (select models only) ............................................
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................
43
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation .................................................
Setting password protection on wakeup ...........................................................
44
Using the power meter and power settings .......................................................
Using battery power ...........................................................................................................
Finding additional battery information ...............................................................
45
Using Battery Check .........................................................................................
Displaying the remaining battery charge ...........................................................
Maximizing battery discharge time ....................................................................
Managing low battery levels ..............................................................................
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................
46
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................
Inserting or removing the battery ......................................................................
Conserving battery power .................................................................................
47
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ...................................
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ...........................
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ..............................
Using external AC power ...................................................................................................
48
Testing an AC adapter ......................................................................................
49
7 External cards and devices ..........................................................................................................................
50
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) .......................................................................
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................
Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................
Using ExpressCards (select models only) ..........................................................................................
51
Configuring an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................
Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................
52
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................
53
Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................
54
Removing a smart card ......................................................................................................
Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................
Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................
55
Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................
Using 1394 devices (select models only) ...........................................................................................
Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................
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