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

36

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

37

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

37

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

37

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

38

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

38

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

38

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

38

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

39

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

39

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

39

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

40

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

41

Storing a user-replaceable battery ....................................................................

41

Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................

41

Replacing a user-replaceable battery ...............................................................

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

44

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

44

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

45

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

45

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

46

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

46

Using optional external devices ..........................................................................................................

47

Using optional external drives ............................................................................................

47

Using the docking connector (select models only) ............................................................

48

8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................

49

Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................

49

Using hard drives ...............................................................................................................................

50

Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) ....................................................

50

Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................

50

Removing the service door ...............................................................................

51

Replacing the service door ................................................................................

52

Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ...............................................................................

52

Removing the hard drive ...................................................................................

53

Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................

54

Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................

54

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