Battery Maintenance Guidance
BeforeyouuseyourNotebookontheroad,youwillhavetochargethebatterypack.Thebatterypack
beginstochargeassoonastheNotebookisconnectedtoexternalpowerusingthepoweradapter.Fully
chargethebattery pack beforeusingit for the rsttime.Anewbattery pack mustcompletely charge
beforetheNotebookisdisconnectedfromexternalpower.Ittakesafewhourstofullychargethebattery
whentheNotebookisturnedOFF.Pleasenotethebatterystopschargingifthetemperatureistoohigh
orthebatteryvoltageistoohigh.
NOTE:Do notleavethe battery packdischarged.The battery packwilldischargeover time.If
notusingabatterypack,itmustcontinuedtobechargedeverythreemonthtoextendrecovery
capacityorelseitmayfailtochargeinthefuture.
Lithium-Ionrechargeablebatteriesrequireroutinemaintenanceandcareintheiruseandhandling.Read
throughbelowinstructionandyourNotebookwillachievethemaximumbatterylifespan.
Battery Maintenance :
● Donotleavebatteriesunusedforextendedperiodsoftime,eitherintheNotebookorinstorage.
Whenabatteryhasbeenunusedfor3months,checkthechargestatusandchargeordisposeofthe
batteryasappropriate.
● ThetypicalestimatedlifeofaLithium-Ionbatteryisabouttwotothreeyearsor300to500charge
cycles,whicheveroccursrst.Onechargecycleisaperiodofusefromfullycharged,tofully
discharged,andfullyrechargedagain.Useatwotothreeyearlifeexpectancyforbatteriesthatdonot
runthroughcompletechargecycles.
● RechargeableLithium-Ionbatterieshavealimitedlifeandwillgraduallylosetheircapacitytohold
acharge.Thislossofcapacityisirreversible.Asthebatterylosescapacity,thelengthoftimeitwill
powertheNotebookdecreases.
● Theruntimeofyourbatterywillvarydependingontheproduct’scongurationandtheapplicationsthat
yourun.Routinelycheckthebattery’schargestatus.
● Batteryterminalsmustavoidcontactwithanymetallicsubstance.Forpreventingshortage,avoidsilver
coins,tinselsandanyothermetallicsubstancestocontactthe+and-terminalsofthebattery.Forex-
ample,Itmighthappenbyinsertingthebatteriestoacoatpocketoraleatherhandbagwithsomemetallic
substancesmountedonit(metalbuttonsorzippers).Thereishighpossibilityofcausingshortcircuitsand
connectiondamageofthebattery.
● Considerreplacingthebatterywithanewoneifyounoteeitherofthefollowingconditions:
1. Thebatteryruntimedropsbelowabout80%oftheoriginalruntime.
2. Thebatterychargetimeincreasessignicantly.
3. Ifabatteryisstoredorotherwiseunusedforanextendedperiod,besuretofollowthestorageinstructions
inP10.Ifyoudonotfollowtheinstructions,andthebatteryhasnochargeremainingwhenyoucheckit,
considerittobedamaged.Donotattempttorechargeitortouseit.Replaceitwithanewbattery.
Charging :
TheLithium-Ionbattery isrecharged internallyusingtheACadapter.Torechargethebattery, make
surethebatteryisinstalledandtheNotebookisconnectedtotheACadapter.Thechargetimeswillbe
signicantlylonger ifyourNotebook is inusewhilethe batteryischarging. If youwantto chargethe
batterymorequickly,putyourcomputerintoSuspendmodeorturnitoffwhiletheadapterischargingthe
battery.PleasealwaysfollowthecharginginstructionsprovidedwithyourNotebook.