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Ifanacoutletisconvenient,plugtheacpoweradapterintoit,andtheninsertthejackintothecomputer.
Thebatterywillbefullychargedinabout3to6hours.Thisisaffectedbythebatterysizeandthephysical
environment.
Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Maximizingthebatterylife
Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:
Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted;thatis,usethebatteryuntilthebatterystatus
indicatorstartsblinkingorange.
Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychargedifthebatteryindicator
showsgreen.
Alwaysusepower-savingmode.Formoreinformationaboutpower-savingmode,referto“Power-saving
modes”onpage32
.
Managingthepowerplans
Youcanmanagethepowerplanstoachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.To
changethepowerplan,dothefollowing:
1.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.ClickMorepoweroptions.
2.Selectthepowerplanasdesired.
Youalsocanchangepowerplansettings,orcreateanewpowerplan.Formoreinformation,refertothe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Power-savingmodes
Youcanusethefollowingpower-savingmodestoconservethepowerofyourcomputer.
Screenblank(fortheWindows7operatingsystemonly)
Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toturnoffpowertothedisplay,right-clickthe
batterygaugeiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandselectPoweroffdisplay.
Sleep
Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthenthesolid-statedriveortheharddiskdriveandthe
computerdisplayareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.
ForWindows7:
1.ClickStart.
2.ClickthetrianglemarkontherightsideoftheShutdownicon;thenselectSleep.
ForWindows8:
1.Movethecursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharm.
2.ClickSettingsPowerSleep.
Hibernation
Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavinglesorexitingfromany
programsthatarerunning.Whenthecomputerentershibernation,allopenprograms,folders,andles
aresavedtotheharddisk,andthenthecomputerturnsoff.
Toputthecomputerintohibernationmode,changeyourpowerplansettings.Toaccesspowerplan
settings,dothefollowing:
ForWindows7:
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