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User’s Manual 6-6
Power and Power-up Modes
Warning
1. Never allow caustic electrolyte fluid leaked from a battery pack to con-
tact your eyes, skin or clothing. If caustic electrolyte fluid should con-
tact your eyes, immediately wash your eyes with large amounts of
running water and seek medical attention, to help prevent eye damage.
It electrolyte fluid should contact your skin immediately wash it under
running water to prevent rash. If it contacts your clothes, promptly
remove them to prevent the fluid from contacting your skin or eyes.
2. Immediately turn off the power, disconnect the AC adapter and remove
the battery if any of the following events are observed in the battery
pack: offensive or unusual odor, excessive heat, discoloration or defor-
mation. Never use the computer again until it has been checked by a
TOSHIBA service provider. It might generate smoke or fire, or the bat-
tery pack might rupture.
3. Make sure the battery is securely installed in the computer before
attempting to charge the battery pack. Improper installation could gen-
erate smoke or fire, or cause the battery pack to rupture.
4. Keep the battery pack out or reach of infants and children. It can cause
injury.
Caution
1. Never continue to use a battery pack after its recharging capacity has
become impaired, or after the display of a warning message indicating
that the battery pack’s power is exhausted. Continued use of an
exhausted or impaired battery pack could cause the loss of data.
2. Never dispose of battery packs with normal trash. Bring them to your
TOSHIBA dealer or to another recycling center to save resources and
prevent environmental damage. Cover the terminals with electrical
tape to prevent short-circuits, which could cause the battery pack to
ignite or rupture.
3. Use only battery packs recommended by TOSHIBA as replacements.
4. Always make sure the battery pack is installed correctly and securely.
Otherwise, a battery pack could fall out and possibly cause injury.
5. Change the battery pack only in an ambient temperature between 5
and 35 degrees Celsius. Otherwise, the electrolyte solution might leak,
battery pack performance might deteriorate and the battery life might
be shortened.
6. Be sure to monitor the remaining battery power. If the battery pack and
real time clock battery discharge completely. Sleep and hibernation will
not function and data in memory will be lose. Also, the computer might
register an incorrect time and date. In this case, connect the AC
adapter to recharge the batteries.
7. Never install or remove the battery pack without first turning off the
power and disconnecting the AC adapter. Never remove the battery
pack while the computer in hibernate or sleep mode. Data will be lost.