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Section 5. Power Management
Monitoring Battery Power
There are two ways to monitor how much power the battery has left.
1 Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power Management (Power Options); then click the Power Meter tab.
2 Moving the cursor to the battery icon on the taskbar, without selecting anything, is the simplest way to check on
battery power status. The status will show as a pop-up when you mouse-over the icon.
NOTE If you do not see the battery icon on the taskbar, enable it in Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power Management.
Choose the Advanced tab and select “Always show icon on the taskbar.”
Low Battery Alarms
How your computer responds to a low battery condition can be set by going to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power
Management, Alarms.
Two different power alarms can be enabled or disabled: the Low Battery Alarm, and the Critical Battery Alarm. Use
the slidebar to set the power level at which the alarms are activated. Click on the Action button to choose whether the
alarm sounds, displays a message, or both.
CAUTION When battery power is low, the battery LED indicator will flash, and the alarm will beep or display a
warning on your screen. Take immediate action, such as saving files or connecting to the AC adapter, or data may be
lost.
When the computer alerts you that the battery is low, immediately do one of the following:
• Connect the AC power adapter
• Save your work, and suspend to disk (Hibernate) by clicking the Power Button
• Save your work, then select Shut Down from the Start menu
• Turn off the computer (or suspend to disk) and replace the discharged battery with a charged battery (See
Changing the Battery later in this section).
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