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RECHARGING THE BATTERY
The Lithium-Ion battery is recharged internally using the AC adapter. To
recharge the battery, make sure the battery is installed and the computer is
connected to the AC adapter. There is no "memory effect" in Lithium-Ion
batteries; therefore, you do not need to discharge the battery completely
before recharging. The charge times will be significantly longer if your
notebook 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.
Low Battery State
When the battery charge is low, a notification message appears. If you do
not respond to the low battery message, the battery continues to discharge
until it is too low to operate. When this happens, your notebook PC goes
into Suspend mode. There is no guarantee your data will be saved once the
notebook reaches this point.
Caution: To protect your notebook from damage, use only the power
adapter that came with it because each power adapter has its own power
output rating.
Once your notebook PC goes into Suspend mode as a result of a
dead battery, you will be unable to resume operation until you provide a
source of power either from an adapter or a charged battery. Once you
have provided power, you can press the Suspend/ Resume button to
resume operation. In Suspend mode, your data is maintained for some
time, but if a power source is not provided promptly, the Power indicator
stops flashing and then goes out, in which case you have lost the data that
was not saved. Once you provide power, you can continue to use your
computer while an adapter charges the battery.
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