Gigabyte S1185 - Battery Maintenance Guidance; General Battery Maintenance; Battery Charging Procedures

Battery Maintenance Guidance
BeforeyouuseyourSlatPContheroad,youwillhavetochargethebatterypack.Thebatterypackbeginsto
chargeassoonastheSlatPCisconnectedtoexternalpowerusingthepoweradapter.Fullychargethebattery
packbeforeusingitforthefirsttime.AnewbatterypackmustcompletelychargebeforetheSlatPCis
disconnectedfromexternalpower.IttakesafewhourstofullychargethebatterywhentheSlatPCisturned
OFF.Pleasenotethebatterystopschargingifthetemperatureistoohighorthebatteryvoltageistoohigh.
NOTE:Donotleavethebatterypackdischarged.Thebatterypackwilldischargeovertime.Ifnot
usingabatterypack,itmustcontinuedtobechargedeverythreemonthtoextendrecoverycapacityor
elseitmayfailtochargeinthefuture.Lithium-Ionrechargeablebatteriesrequireroutinemaintenance
andcareintheiruseandhandling.ReadthroughbelowinstructionandyourSlatPCwillachievethe
maximum battery life span.
Battery Maintenance :
● Donotleavebatteriesunusedforextendedperiodsoftime,eitherintheSlatPCorinstorage.Whena
batteryhasbeenunusedfor3months,checkthechargestatusandchargeordisposeofthebatteryas
appropriate.
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 ThetypicalestimatedlifeofaLithium-Ionbatteryisabouttwotothreeyearsor300to500chargecycles,
whicheveroccursrst.Onechargecycleisaperiodofusefromfullycharged,tofullydischarged,andfully
rechargedagain.Useatwotothreeyearlifeexpectancyforbatteriesthatdonotrunthroughcomplete
charge cycles.
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 RechargeableLithium-Ionbatterieshavealimitedlifeandwillgraduallylosetheircapacitytoholda
charge.Thislossofcapacityisirreversible.Asthebatterylosescapacity,thelengthoftimeitwillpower
theSlatPCdecreases.
● Theruntimeofyourbatterywillvarydependingontheproduct’scongurationandtheapplicationsthat
yourun.Routinelycheckthebattery’schargestatus.
● Batteryterminalsmustavoidcontactwithanymetallicsubstance.Forpreventingshortage,avoidsilver
coins,tinselsandanyothermetallicsubstancestocontactthe+and-terminalsofthebattery.For
example,Itmighthappenbyinsertingthebatteriestoacoatpocketoraleatherhandbagwithsome
metallicsubstancesmountedonit(metalbuttonsorzippers).Thereishighpossibilityofcausingshort
circuits and connection damage of the battery.
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Considerreplacingthebatterywithanewoneifyounoteeitherofthefollowingconditions:
(1)Thebatteryruntimedropsbelowabout80%oftheoriginalruntime.
(2)Thebatterychargetimeincreasessignicantly.
(3)Ifabatteryisstoredorotherwiseunusedforanextendedperiod,besuretofollowthestorageinstructions
inP10.Ifyoudonotfollowtheinstructions,andthebatteryhasnochargeremainingwhenyoucheckit,
considerittobedamaged.Donotattempttorechargeitortouseit.Replaceitwithanewbattery.
Charging :
TheLithium-IonbatteryisrechargedinternallyusingtheACadapter.Torechargethebattery,makesurethe
batteryisinstalledandtheSlatPCisconnectedtotheACadapter.Thechargetimeswillbesignicantly
longerifyourSlatPCisinusewhilethebatteryischarging.Ifyouwanttochargethebatterymorequickly,
putyourcomputerintoSuspendmodeorturnitoffwhiletheadapterischargingthebattery.Pleasealways
followthecharginginstructionsprovidedwithyourSlatPC.
* If you happen to leave your battery pack to go through an extended period of self-discharge, say more
than three months, the battery voltage level will become too low and needs to be Pre-Charged (to bring the
battery voltage level high enough) before it automatically resumes its normal Fast Charge. Pre-Charge may
take 30 minutes. Fast Charge usually takes 2~3 hours.