Changing the current power management settings ..........................................
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Using battery power ...........................................................................................................................
Displaying the remaining battery charge ...........................................................................
40
Inserting or removing the battery .......................................................................................
Charging a battery .............................................................................................................
41
Maximizing battery life .......................................................................................................
42
Managing low battery levels ..............................................................................................
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................
Resolving a low battery level .............................................................................
43
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available .......
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ...
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available ....
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation .......................................................................................
Conserving battery power ..................................................................................................
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................
Disposing of a used battery ...............................................................................................
44
Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................
Using external AC power ....................................................................................................................
Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................
45
7 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................
46
Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................
Removing or replacing the service door .............................................................................................
47
Removing the service door ................................................................................................
Replacing the service door ................................................................................................
48
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ...............................................................................................
Removing the hard drive ....................................................................................................
49
Installing a hard drive .........................................................................................................
51
Replacing an optical drive ..................................................................................................................
53
Using optical drives (select models only) ...........................................................................................
55
Identifying the installed optical drive ..................................................................................
Inserting an optical disc .....................................................................................................
Tray-load ...........................................................................................................
Removing an optical disc ...................................................................................................
When the disc tray opens normally ..................................................
56
When the disc tray fails to open .......................................................
8 External cards and devices ..........................................................................................................................
58
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) .......................................................................
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