Contents Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10) . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8 Displaying System Information (fn+esc) . . . . . . . . . 2–9 Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9 Using Quick Launch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 Using Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–12 Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14 3 Battery Packs Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Identifying Battery Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3–2 Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3–3 Inserting or Removing a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . 3–5 Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7 Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Charging a Primary and MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . 3–8 Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9 Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3–9 Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3–9 Displaying Charge Information on a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 3–11 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 Resolving Low-Battery Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13 Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14 Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3–18 Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18 Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3–19 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3–21 Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21 iv Hardware Guide