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SECTION 10 BATTERY MANAGEMENT PAGE 168
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Operating under Low Battery Conditions
Low Battery Level
Your ARMOR X7 is designed to operate even when the battery is depleted (<10% charge).
When the total charge drops below 10% (low battery level), a low battery alert message will be
displayed, as shown in Figure 88. At this point, DRS recommends you connect external power
to recharge the batteries or replace one or both batteries with fresh batteries.
Figure 86. Low Battery Alert Message
Reserve Battery Level
When the remaining charge reaches 7% (reserve battery level), another message will be
displayed stating that you are operating on reserve power. At this point, you need to save your
work and then connect external power, replace the batteries or shut down the computer.
Critical Battery Level
When the remaining charge reaches 5% (critical battery level), the battery icon in the task tray
will indicate a critical battery level and Windows will automatically place your computer into
hibernation mode. Hibernation is a low-power mode that first saves your current session to the
hard drive and then performs an orderly shutdown. To resume your session where you left off,
press the Power button to restart the computer.
CAUTION!
If the total battery charge drops to 3% or lower while the computer
is operating, the computer will shut down abruptly with the loss of
any work in progress. Normally, the automatic shutdown at the 5%
point will prevent this happening, but heavy demands on the
batteries may cause the battery charge to drop too quickly for the
computer to react and perform a safe shutdown.