Contents

Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3–15 Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15 Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18 Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18

4 Drives

Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 Understanding Drive Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Terms for Types of Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Terms for Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3 Using the IDE Drive Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Removing and Inserting a MultiBay Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Using a MultiBay Hard Drive Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Removing a Drive from the MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8 Inserting a Drive into the MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Inserting and Removing Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11 Inserting a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11 Removing a CD or DVD (With Power) . . . . . . . . . 4–12 Removing a CD or DVD (Without Power) . . . . . . . 4–13 Inserting a Diskette or Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14 Removing a Diskette or Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14 Using Drive Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Avoiding Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Displaying Media Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Caring for Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17 Finding More Drive Software Information . . . . . . . . . . 4–18

Hardware Guide

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