Inserting or removing the battery ....................................................................................... | 43 |
Charging a battery ............................................................................................................. | 44 |
Maximizing battery life ....................................................................................................... | 45 |
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................................. | 45 |
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................................. | 45 |
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................. | 46 |
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ....... | 46 |
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ... | 46 |
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available .... | 46 |
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit |
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Hibernation ....................................................................................... | 46 |
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. | 46 |
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ | 46 |
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... | 47 |
Replacing the battery ......................................................................................................... | 47 |
Using external AC power .................................................................................................................... | 47 |
Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................... | 48 |
7 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. | 49 |
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... | 49 |
Using the optional security screw ....................................................................................................... | 50 |
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................................. | 50 |
Removing the service door ................................................................................................ | 51 |
Replacing the service door ................................................................................................ | 51 |
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................................... | 53 |
Removing the hard drive .................................................................................................... | 53 |
Installing a hard drive ......................................................................................................... | 55 |
Using optical drives (select models only) ........................................................................................... | 57 |
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................. | 57 |
Inserting an optical disc ..................................................................................................... | 57 |
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Removing an optical disc ................................................................................................... | 58 |
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When the disc tray opens normally .................................................. | 58 |
When the disc tray fails to open ....................................................... | 59 |
8 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... | 60 |
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) ....................................................................... | 60 |
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ | 60 |
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... | 60 |
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... | 61 |
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