User Guide

6 Power management ...................................................................................................................................... 42
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 42
Setting power options ......................................................................................................................... 42
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................. 42
Intel Rapid Start Technology (select models only) ............................................ 43
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 43
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................. 43
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 44
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 44
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 44
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 45
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 45
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 45
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 45
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 45
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 46
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 46
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 46
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 46
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 47
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 47
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 47
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ........................... 48
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) .............................. 48
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 48
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 49
Switchable graphics/dual graphics (select models only) ................................................... 49
Using switchable graphics (select models only) ................................................ 49
Using dual graphics (select models only) .......................................................... 50
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 51
Using memory card readers (select models only) .............................................................................. 51
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 51
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 51
Using ExpressCards (select models only) .......................................................................................... 52
Configuring an ExpressCard .............................................................................................. 52
Inserting an ExpressCard .................................................................................................. 53
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 54
Using smart cards (select models only) ............................................................................................. 54
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 55
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 55
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