Chargingthebattery
Whenyoundthatthepercentageofpowerremainingislow,forexample,thebatteryalarmgoesoff,you
needtochargeyourbatterybyconnectingyourcomputertoacpower .Thebatterywillbefullychargedin
aboutsixhours.Thisisaffectedbythebatterysizeandthephysicalenvironment.
Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechar gingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Maximizingthebatterylife
Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:
•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted;thatis,usethebatteryuntilthebatterystatus
indicatorstartsblinkingorange.
•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychargedifthebatteryindicator
showsgreen.
•Alwaysusepowersavingmode.
Usingtheacpower
Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)batterypackprovidedwithit,
orfromacpowerthr oughtheacpoweradapter .
Theacpoweradapterthatcamewithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:
•Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpoweradapterforusewiththecomputer .
•Thepowercordthatplugsintotheacoutletandintothetransformerpack.
Attention:Usinganimproperpowercordcouldcauseseveredamagetoyourcomputer.
Connectingtheacpoweradapter
Tousetheacpoweradapt er,dothefollowing:
Note:Besuretoperformthest epsinthegivenor der.
1.Connecttheacpoweradaptertotheacpowerconnectorofyourcomputer.
2.Connectthepowercordtothetransformerpack.
3.Plugthepowercordintoanelectricaloutlet.
Tipsonusingtheacpoweradapter
•Whentheacpoweradapterisnotinuse,disconnectitfromtheelectricaloutlet.
•Donotbindthepowercordtightlyaroundtheacpoweradaptertransformerpackwhenitisconnectedto
thetransformer .
•Beforeyouchar gethebattery,ensurethatitstemper atureisatleast10°C(50°F).
•Youcanchargethebatt erywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthebatteryis
installed.Youneedtochar geitinanyofthefollowingconditions:
–Whenanewbatteryisinstalled
–Ifthebatterychargeislow
–Ifthebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime
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