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Using the integrated numeric keypad ................................................................................ 38
6 Managing power ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Initiating Sleep and Hibernation ......................................................................................................... 40
Intel Rapid Start Technology (select models only) ............................................................ 40
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................................. 40
Enabling and exiting user-initiated hibernation .................................................................. 41
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................ 41
Using the power meter and power settings ........................................................................................ 42
Selecting a power plan ....................................................................................................................... 43
Running on battery power .................................................................................................................. 44
Factory-sealed battery ....................................................................................................... 44
Removing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................ 44
Finding battery information ................................................................................................ 44
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 45
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................................. 45
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................................. 45
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ........................ 45
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available ..................... 46
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation ....... 46
Storing a user-replaceable battery ..................................................................................... 46
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................................ 46
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................ 46
Running on external AC power .......................................................................................................... 46
Troubleshooting power problems ...................................................................................... 47
HP CoolSense (select models only) ................................................................................................... 48
Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only) .......... 49
Shutting down (turning off) the computer ........................................................................................... 50
7 Managing and sharing information ............................................................................................................. 51
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 51
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 51
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 52
Connecting a powered USB device ................................................................................... 52
Inserting and removing a digital storage card .................................................................................... 53
Using optical drives ............................................................................................................................ 54
Inserting an optical disc ..................................................................................................... 55
Removing an optical disc ................................................................................................... 56
Sharing data and drives and accessing software .............................................................. 57
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