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Chapter 03: Battery Usage and Care 21
Depending on your system’s configuration and your application
usage, a fully charged battery should be able to run your Sahara
Slate PC for between 3 – 4 hours.
Operations that will significantly reduce battery life include, but
are not limited to, the following:
1. Using external bus powered optical, floppy and hard disk
drives
2. Using wireless communications devices including the
internal wireless networking card, Bluetooth adapter,
PCMCIA Cards, or USB devices.
3. Using high-brightness display settings, 3D screen savers, or
other computationally-intensive programs such as games,
media players and 3D graphics applications.
4. Running the computer in maximum performance mode.
5. Using the computer in overly hot environmental conditions.
Using the Battery for the First Time
Before using the computer on battery power for the first time,
the battery should be charged for at least four hours. Also, the
Smart Battery IC within the battery pack should be calibrated in
order to get an accurate reporting of the remaining battery life.
Chapter 03
Battery Usage and Care