•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandclicktheBatterytab.Forinstructionsonhow
tostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage13
.
•ForWindows8.1:StarttheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.Forinstructionsonhowtostart
theLenovoSettingsprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8.1operatingsystem”
onpage15.
EnablingthebatteryalarmontheWindows7operatingsystem
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanprogramyourcomputersothatwhenthebatterypowerfalls
belowacertainlevel,threeeventsoccur:analarmisinitiated,amessageisdisplayed,andtheLCDturnsoff.
Toenablethebatteryalarm,dothefollowing:
1.StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.Forinstructions
onhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7
operatingsystem”onpage13.
2.IntheAlarmsarea,setthepowerlevelpercentageandtheactionintheLowbatteryalarmsectionand
Criticallylowbatteryalarmsection.
Note:Ifyourcomputerenterssleeporhibernationmodewhenthebatterypowerislow,butthealarm
messagehasnotyetbeendisplayed,themessagewillbedisplayedwhenthecomputerresumes.Toreturn
tonormaloperation,whenthemessageisdisplayed,clickOK.
Chargingthebattery
Itisrecommendedthatyouchargethebatterywhenthebatterypowerremainingislow.Forexample:
•Whenyoufindthatthepercentageoftheremainingpowerislow.
•Whenthepoweralarmalertsyou.
Ifanacoutletisconvenient,connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputerandtheacoutlet.Dependingon
thebatterysizeandthephysicalenvironment,thebatterywillbefullychargedinaboutthreetosixhours.
Thebattery-statusiconhelpsyouidentifythatthebatteryischarging,andthatthebatteryisfullycharged.
Note:Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Managingthebatterypower
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings.
Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructionson
howtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage13.
•ForWindows8.1:Right-clickthebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationareaandclickPower
Options.ThenclickChangeplansettingsnexttoyourpowerplan.
Formoreinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Power-savingmodes
Thereareseveralpower-savingmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissection
introduceseachmodeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofthebatterypower.
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