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ideapad 320R-17ISK/ideapad 320E-17ISK Hardware Maintenance Manual
Checking operational charging
Tocheckwhetherthe batterychargesproperly duringoperation,usea
dischargedbattery packorabattery packthathas lessthan50%ofthetotal
powerremainingwheninstalledinthecomputer.
Performoperationalcharging.Ifthebattery statusindicator oricondoesnot
lighton,removethebatterypackandletitreturntoroomtemperature.Reinstall
thebatterypack.Ifthecharge indicatororiconisstilloff,replacethe battery
pack.
Ifthechargeindicatorstill doesnotlight on,replacethe systemboard.Then
reinstallthebatterypack.Ifitisstillnotcharged,gotothenextsection.
Checking the battery pack
BatterychargingdoesnotstartuntilthePowerMetershowsthatlessthan95%
ofthetotalpowerremains;underthisconditionthebatterypackcanchargeto
100%ofitscapacity.Thisprotectsthebatterypackfrombeingoverchargedor
fromhavingashortenedlife.
Tocheckyourbattery,moveyour cursortothePowerMeter iconintheicon
trayoftheWindows
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taskbarandwaitforamoment(butdonotclickit),andthe
percentageofbatterypowerremainingisdisplayed.Togetdetailedinformation
aboutthebattery,double-clickthePowerMetericon.
Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomes hot,itmaynotbe abletobecharged.
Removeitfromthecomputerandleaveitatroomtemperatureforawhile.After
itcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.