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Changing the current power management settings .......................................... 39
Using battery power ........................................................................................................................... 39
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................................... 40
Inserting or removing the battery ....................................................................................... 40
Charging a battery ............................................................................................................. 41
Maximizing battery life ....................................................................................................... 42
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................................. 42
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................................. 42
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................. 43
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ....... 43
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ... 43
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available .... 43
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 43
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 43
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 43
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 44
Replacing the battery ......................................................................................................... 44
Using external AC power .................................................................................................................... 44
Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................... 45
7 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 46
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................................. 47
Removing the service door ................................................................................................ 47
Replacing the service door ................................................................................................ 48
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................................... 48
Removing the hard drive .................................................................................................... 49
Installing a hard drive ......................................................................................................... 51
Replacing an optical drive .................................................................................................................. 53
Using optical drives (select models only) ........................................................................................... 55
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................. 55
Inserting an optical disc ..................................................................................................... 55
Tray-load ........................................................................................................... 55
Removing an optical disc ................................................................................................... 55
Tray-load ........................................................................................................... 55
When the disc tray opens normally .................................................. 56
When the disc tray fails to open ....................................................... 56
8 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 58
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) ....................................................................... 58
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