User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions
- When Using Your Computer
- A Tour of Your Computer
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Using a Battery
- Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
- Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
- Setting Up a Home and Office Network
- Solving Problems
- Finding Solutions
- Accessing Help
- Error Messages
- Video and Display Problems
- Scanner Problems
- Drive Problems
- PC Card Problems
- General Program Problems
- Resolving Other Technical Problems
- If Your Computer Gets Wet
- If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
- Drivers
- Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
- Using System Restore
- Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP
- Adding and Replacing Parts
- Appendix
- Index
44 Using a Battery
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The battery is too hot to start charging if the light flashes alternately green and orange.
Disconnect the computer from the electrical outlet and allow the computer and the battery
to cool to room temperature. Then connect the computer to an electrical outlet to continue
charging the battery.
NOTE: You can leave the battery in the computer as long as you like. The battery internal
circuitry prevents the battery from overcharging.
For more information on resolving problems with a battery, see "Power Management" in the
Tel l M e H o w help file. To access the help file, see page 80.
Removing a Battery
CAUTION: Before performing these procedures, disconnect the modem from the
telephone wall jack.
1
Ensure that the computer is turned off or connected to an electrical outlet.
2 Slide and hold the battery latch.
3 Remove the battery.
battery latch
battery