6 Power management ......................................................................................................................................

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Shutting down the computer ...............................................................................................................

41

Setting power options .........................................................................................................................

42

Using power-saving states .................................................................................................

42

Intel Rapid Start Technology (select models only) ............................................

42

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................

43

Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation .................................................

43

Setting password protection on wakeup ...........................................................

44

Using the power meter and power settings .......................................................

44

Using battery power ...........................................................................................................

44

Finding additional battery information ...............................................................

45

Using Battery Check .........................................................................................

45

Displaying the remaining battery charge ...........................................................

45

Maximizing battery discharge time ....................................................................

45

Managing low battery levels ..............................................................................

45

Identifying low battery levels .............................................................

46

Resolving a low battery level ............................................................

46

Inserting or removing the battery ......................................................................

46

Conserving battery power .................................................................................

47

Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ...................................

47

Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ...........................

47

Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ..............................

47

Using external AC power ...................................................................................................

48

Testing an AC adapter ......................................................................................

49

7 External cards and devices ..........................................................................................................................

50

Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) .......................................................................

50

Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................

50

Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................

50

Using ExpressCards (select models only) ..........................................................................................

51

Configuring an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................

51

Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................

52

Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................

53

Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................

53

Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................

54

Removing a smart card ......................................................................................................

54

Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................

54

Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................

55

Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................

55

Using 1394 devices (select models only) ...........................................................................................

55

Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................

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