Introducing Your TransPort LT

Using the Battery

To set battery monitoring options in PowerProfiler:

1.Double-click the PowerProfiler battery icon to open the software.

2.Click the Battery tab.

3.Set options under Battery Status and Alarm Settings.

For more information on PowerProfiler, see the Help option in the PowerProfiler software.

Battery Warnings

Your computer gives you the following low-battery warnings (Table 5).

 

TABLE 5. Battery Warnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warnings

Condition

Action to Take

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The computer beeps 5

Battery low: The battery

Save your work. Use the

 

 

times.

charge is about 10

power cord to power the

 

 

 

percent. Approximately

computer or turn off the

 

 

 

5–10 minutes of battery

computer and install a fully

 

 

 

charge is left.

charged battery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The computer beeps 5

Battery very low: The

Use the power cord to

 

 

times, with a short time

battery charge is about 5

power the computer and

 

 

between beeps. After a

percent.

charge the battery.

 

 

short time, the computer

 

 

automatically goes into

doesn’t dee.

rest mode.

 

 

 

 

 

The above features are valid with Windows 95/98 APM compliant Operating Systems. In the case of a Windows 98 or any other ACPI compliant Operating System which is running on APM interface, you should adjust the battery alarm features by using the Operating Systems power management program (Control Panel > Power management in Windows 98).

Windows 98 and WIndows 2000 can operate in APM or ACPI mode, in the APM mode you should select the Rest mode of the low battery situations (Power On Suspend/Save-to-Disk) in BIOS setup. See “Power Menu” on page 84.

If you cannot run your computer from the battery and the battery will not charge when you attach the power cord, the problem may be that:

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