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 2.5 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 by using the Power Meter or Battery Gauge.

Power Meter

The Power Meter displays the charge of the batteries and the current source of computer power, AC or batteries. You may monitor the battery charge or usage by using the “Power Meter”. To access the power meter click icon on the task bar or click Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options > Power Meter Tab.

The Power Status icons shown below are displayed

during Battery Charging Operations

At ~15% and 10% remaining battery power the current power source and the battery Icons respectively change to the icon shown below and you should follow the instructions in “Battery Warnings” section below

You may also check battery charge by moving the cursor to theicon, a small dialog
box will display the % of charge.

 

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