User Guide - Windows 7

Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 39
Initiating and exiting Hibernation ....................................................................... 39
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 39
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 40
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 40
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 40
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 40
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 41
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 41
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 41
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 41
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 41
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 42
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 42
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 42
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 43
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 43
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ........................... 43
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) .............................. 44
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 44
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 44
Switchable graphics/dual graphics (select models only) ................................................... 45
Using switchable graphics (select models only) ................................................ 45
Using dual graphics (select models only) .......................................................... 46
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 47
Using memory card readers (select models only) .............................................................................. 47
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 47
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 47
Using ExpressCards (select models only) .......................................................................................... 48
Configuring an ExpressCard .............................................................................................. 48
Inserting an ExpressCard .................................................................................................. 49
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 50
Using smart cards (select models only) ............................................................................................. 50
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 51
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 51
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 51
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 52
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 52
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 52
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 53
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