HP Pavilion 5 Power management

5 Power management
Setting power options .........................................................................................................................	46
Using power-saving states .................................................................................................	46
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................	47
Initiating and exiting Hibernation .......................................................................	47
Using the battery meter .....................................................................................................	48
Using power plans .............................................................................................................	48
Viewing the current power plan .........................................................................	48
Selecting a different power plan ........................................................................	48
Customizing power plans ..................................................................................	48
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................	49
Using external AC power ....................................................................................................................	50
Connecting the AC adapter ...............................................................................................	51
Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................	52
Using battery power ...........................................................................................................................	53
Finding battery information in Help and Support ...............................................................	53
Using Battery Check ..........................................................................................................	53
Displaying the remaining battery charge ...........................................................................	54
Inserting or removing the battery .......................................................................................	54
Charging a battery .............................................................................................................	55
Maximizing battery discharge time ....................................................................................	56
Managing low battery levels ..............................................................................................	56
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................	56
Resolving a low battery level .............................................................................	56
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available .......	56
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is
available ...........................................................................................	56
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is
available ...........................................................................................	57
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation .......................................................................................	57
Calibrating a battery ...........................................................................................................	57
Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................	57
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep .............................................................	57
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................	59
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery .....................................................................	59
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep ..........................................................	60
Conserving battery power ..................................................................................................	60
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................	60
Disposing of a used battery ...............................................................................................	61
Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................	61
Switching between graphics modes (select models only) ..................................................................	62
Shutting down the computer ...............................................................................................................	63

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