Battery￿life￿estimates￿are￿subject￿to￿variation.￿ The￿actual￿life￿of￿your￿battery￿may￿be￿less￿than￿ the￿estimates￿given￿in￿the￿documentation.

You￿can￿monitor￿the￿charge￿of￿the￿battery￿pack￿installed￿in￿your￿ computer￿through￿the￿battery￿gauge.￿

Using￿the￿Battery￿Gauge

You￿can￿display￿the￿battery￿gauge￿while￿you￿are￿in￿any￿program.￿Press￿ <Fn+F6>￿to￿display￿the￿battery￿gauge￿on￿the￿LCD￿

(Figure￿18).

Figure￿18.￿￿Battery￿Gauge

The￿gauge￿has￿two￿sections:￿

￿ The￿top￿section￿of￿the￿gauge￿shows￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿battery￿to￿ indicate￿that￿the￿computer￿is￿operating￿from￿the￿battery.￿

￿ The￿bottom￿section￿of￿the￿gauge￿shows￿you￿the￿amount￿of￿ battery￿charge￿remaining.

While￿the￿battery￿gauge￿is￿displayed,￿all￿keys￿are￿disabled.￿The￿battery￿ gauge￿closes￿in￿a￿few￿seconds.

Because￿of￿the￿characteristics￿of￿battery￿cells,￿ the￿battery￿gauge￿may￿be￿inaccurate￿for￿10￿ minutes￿after￿you￿charge￿the￿battery.￿Wait￿until￿ the￿computer￿has￿been￿operating￿from￿the￿

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