•Youcanchargethebatterywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthebatteryis
installed.Youneedtochargeitinanyofthefollowingconditions:
–Whenyoupurchaseanewbattery
–Ifthebatterystatusindicatorstartsblinking
–Ifthebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime
Beforeyouchargethebattery,makesurethatitstemperatureisatleast10°C(50°F).
Chargingthebattery
Whenyoucheckbatterystatusandndthatthepercentageofpowerremainingisloworwhenthepower
alarmalertsyouthatremainingpowerislow,youneedtochargeyourbatteryorreplaceitwithacharged
battery.
Ifanacoutletisconvenient,plugtheacpoweradapterintoit,andtheninsertthejackintothecomputer.The
batterywillchargeinabout3to6hours.Thisisaffectedbythebatterysizeandthephysicalenvironment.
Thebatterystatusindicatorwillletyouknowthatthebatt eryischarging,andwillalsonotifyyouwhenthe
batteryisfullychar ged.
Note:Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Maximizingbatterylife
Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:
•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted-untilthebatterystatusindicatorstartsblinking
orange.
•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychargedifthebatteryindicatorshows
greenwhentheacpoweradapterispluggedin.
•Foranewbatteryorabatterythatyouhavenotusedrecently,dooneofthefollowing:
1.Rechar gethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychar gedwhentheacpower
adapterispluggedinandthebatteryindicatorisgreen.
2.Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted-untilthebatterystatusindicatorstarts
blinkingorange.
•Alwaysusepowermanagementfeaturessuchaspowermodes,screenblank,sleep(standby),and
hibernation.
Managingyourbatterypower
WithPowerManager,youcanadjustyourpowersettingstogiveyouthebestbalancebetweenperformance
andpowersaving.
Tostarttheutilityprogram,doasfollows:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage19.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙PowerManager.
FormoreinformationaboutthePowerManagerprogram,refertotheon-linehelpoftheprogram.
Power-savingmodes
Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower .Thissectionintroduceseach
modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofthebatterypower.
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