Compaq Armada 7700 - Chapter 5 USING BATTERY PACKS; Managing Battery Pack Power; Monitoring Battery Pack Activity

Using Battery Packs 5-1
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chapter
5
U
SING
B
ATTERY
P
ACKS
This chapter tells how to manage battery pack power, charge a
battery pack, replace a discharged battery pack, and identify and
resolve a low-battery condition.
Managing Battery Pack Power
You can mange battery pack power by
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Monitoring battery pack activity
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Controlling battery discharge
Monitoring Battery Pack Activity
You can view battery power information using any of the features
listed in the “Battery Power Displays” table in this section.
Displays that show information about all battery packs in the
system number the battery packs by location. In displays that
represent the battery packs as a row of icons, the left icon
represents the battery pack in location 1.
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Location 1 is the computer battery bay.
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Location 2 is the computer MultiBay.
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Location 3 is the battery charging bay in the Armada
MiniStation EX or the right MultiBay in the ArmadaStation.
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Location 4 is the MultiBay in the Armada MiniStation EX or
the half-height bay converted to a left MultiBay in the
ArmadaStation.
Battery packs charge in the sequence of their location numbers.
For example, a battery pack in the computer battery bay charges
first and a battery pack in the computer MultiBay charges second.