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Battery Removal and Installation
Your Compaq Armada 6500 is equipped with a Bridge Battery that provides power for up to
four minutes when changing the notebook computer’s main battery. The addition of the
Bridge Battery means you do not have to waste valuable time powering off and rebooting
the system in order to change the main battery. Place the notebook into Suspend, remove
the drained battery and replace it with a fully charged one. Then resume normal operation.
________________________WARNING___________________________
When transporting the battery pack, make sure that the metal
terminals on the battery pack do not come in contact with other
metal surfaces (such as loose coins, paper clips, etc.). An
electrical discharge can occur which may cause injury or
damage.
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Replacing the Battery
Please refer to the following instructions and Figures 2-8a, 2-8b, 2-9a and 2-9b for detailed
instructions on changing and replacing the notebook’s main battery. To remove the battery:
1. Press the [Suspend/Power] button to place the system in Suspend mode.
__________________________ Note _____________________________
The Armada 6500 Bridge Battery provides four minutes of battery power. If the
Suspend Mode option in System Setup is set to Suspend to RAM and the main
battery is out of the system for more than four minutes without connecting the
system to external power,
all unsaved data will be lost
. If the Suspend Mode
option is set to Save to Disk, the main battery can be removed for an indefinite
period without loss of data.
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2. Turn the notebook computer over so the bottom of the unit is facing up.