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If the battery level falls below 10%, you should either attach the AC adapter to recharge the battery or shut down your computer and insert a fully | |||
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You can extend battery life by changing the power management modes in the PowerPanel utility. |
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Notebook | The battery pack supplied with your computer is a lithium ion battery and can be recharged any time. Charging a partially discharged battery does | ||
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| The battery indicator light is on while you use the battery pack as a power source. When the battery life is nearly depleted, both the battery and power | ||
Sony | indicators start flashing. |
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For some software applications and some peripheral devices, your computer may not enter Hibernate mode even when battery life is low. To avoid | |||
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| loss of data when using battery power, you should save your data frequently and manually activate a power management mode, such as Standby | ||
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When the computer is directly connected to AC power and has a battery pack inserted in the battery bay, it uses power from the AC outlet.