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7-4 C

ARING

FOR

Y

OUR

B

ATTERY

P

RESARIO

N

OTEBOOK

B

EYOND

S

ETUP

G

UIDE

1400 S

ERIES

Battery

Calibration

All batteries lose their

char

g

e if the

y

have not

been used for a lon

g

p

eriod of time. In this

section of “

Carin

g

for Your

Batter

y

”

y

ou will become

familiar with the followin

g

:

• Calibratin

g

the Batter

y

• Maximizin

g

Batter

y

Operatin

g

Time

• Fixin

g

a

Low-Batter

y

Condition

Calibrating the Battery

You ma

y

notice that the batter

y

g

au

g

e does not correctl

y

displa

y

the batter

y

char

g

e level when

y

ou first receive

y

our Notebook

or if

y

ou have not used

y

our

Notebook for a lon

g

period of

time. If the batter

y

g

au

g

e

becomes inaccurate,

y

ou must

recalibrate

y

our batter

y

.

Recalibratin

g

the batter

y

simpl

y

means rechar

g

in

g

the batter

y

to

its maximum capacit

y

and

resettin

g

the batter

y

g

au

g

e to

displa

y

the level of char

g

e

accuratel

y

.

To recalibrate the batter

y

, complete the followin

g

steps:

1. Plu

g

in the AC adapter:

a. Allow the batter

y

to char

g

e until the Batter

y

Char

g

e



icon turns off, showin

g

that the batter

y

is full

y

char

g

ed.

b. After the batter

y

char

g

e li

g

ht or the icon turns off,

unplu

g

the AC adapter.

2. Turn on or restart

y

our Notebook.

Steps 3 throu

g

h 6 prevent

y

our Notebook from enterin

g

Sleep

mode. These steps also allow the batter

y

to drain faster.

3. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings,

and then click Control Panel.

4. Double-click the Power Management



icon on the

Control Panel. The Power Mana

g

ement Properties dialo

g

box opens.

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