Ac power Num Lock Power off Hard disk drive Battery charging Battery status Floppy disk drive PCMCIA cards Caps Lock Scroll Lock Ac power This icon appears when the ac adapter is plugged in. Battery status and Battery charging These icons appear when a battery is inserted in the corresponding battery slot—Battery 1 is on the left side of the OmniBook, and Battery 2 is on the right. The shading of the battery symbol shows the approximate charge level of the battery relative to a full charge. The lightning bolt symbol appears when the battery is charging. The battery symbol blinks when the battery is low. See “Monitoring Power” for more information on batteries and charging.
Floppy disk drive This icon appears when the OmniBook is reading or writing to the built-in floppy disk drive. Hard disk drive This icon appears when your computer is reading or writing to drive C. PCMCIA cards These icons appear when you insert PCMCIA cards into the PCMCIA slots. The two cards identify when one or two of the PCMCIA slots are occupied. Power off This icon appears when the OmniBook is turned off; the “bookmark” icon reminds you that the state of the computer has been saved. Caps lock This icon appears when Caps Lock is active. Num lock This icon appears when Num Lock is active. Scroll lock This icon appears when Scroll Lock is active.
Monitoring Power The basic source of power for the OmniBook is its rechargeable battery pack. You can use the ac adapter to recharge the battery—or to run on ac power to preserve the battery. The OmniBook conserves power by using Advanced Power Management (APM), software that controls battery charging and power usage. The OmniBook provides several safeguards so you won’t be surprised by a dead-battery condition. For example, the Battery Status indicator shows the remaining battery charge, and built-in warnings are displayed for low-battery conditions.
To preserve your current work session, the OmniBook automatically turns off when the battery charge gets too low—your session continues when you plug in the ac adapter or insert a fresh battery. Data on any of the drives is not affected by a low battery—unless the battery runs down 12