Figure 16. Installing the Battery

Monitoring the Battery Charge

Battery life is affected by factors such as the power-management settings in System Setup, the applications you use, and the brightness settings of the LCD. Under normal usage, the battery charge lasts approximately 3(2.5hrs for Ni-MH) hours.

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

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

Using the Battery Gauge

Press <Fn+F6> to display the battery gauge on the LCD (Figure 17). You can display the battery gauge while you are in any program.

Li-ion

Ni-MH

Figure 17. Battery Gauge

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