Dell Latitude D510: Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery
Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery: Dell Latitude D510
Table of contents
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Contents
- Finding Information What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Battery Performance
- Operating time is significantly reduced when you perform operations including, but not limited to, the following:
- Checking the Battery Charge Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter Microsoft Windows Power Meter
- Charge Gauge Health Gauge
- Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery
- Removing a Battery Installing a Battery Storing a Battery
- About Your Computer Front View
- Left View Right View
- Back View Bottom View
- Solving Problems Notebook System Software Lockups and Software Problems The computer does not start up The computer stops responding A program stops responding
- A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system A solid blue screen appears Other software problems
- Running the Dell Diagnostics When to Use the Dell Diagnostics Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
- Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
- Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Option Function Tab Function
- Tab Function
- Index
- 26 Index
Low-Battery Warning
NOTICE: To avoid losing or corrupting data, save your work immediately after a low-battery warning.
Then connect the computer to an electrical outlet, or install a second battery in the module bay. If the
battery runs completely out of power, hibernate mode begins automatically.
A low-battery warning occurs when the battery charge is approximately 90 percent depleted. The
computer beeps once, indicating that minimal battery operating time remains. During that time,
the speaker beeps periodically. If two batteries are installed, the low-battery warning means that the
combined charge of both batteries is approximately 90 percent depleted. The computer enters
hibernate mode when the battery charge is at a critically low level. For more information about
low-battery alarms, see your
User’s Guide
.
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Charging the Battery
NOTE: The AC adapter charges a completely discharged battery in approximately 1 hour with the
computer turned off. Charge time is longer with the computer turned on. You can leave the battery in the
computer as long as you like. The battery’s internal circuitry prevents the battery from overcharging.
When you connect the computer to an electrical outlet or install a battery while the computer is
connected to an electrical outlet, the computer checks the battery charge and temperature. If
necessary, the AC adapter then charges the battery and maintains the battery charge.
If the battery is hot from being used in your computer or being in a hot environment, the battery
may not charge when you connect the computer to an electrical outlet.
The battery is too hot to start charging if the light flashes alternately green and orange.
Disconnect the computer from the electrical outlet and allow the computer and the battery to cool
to room temperature. Then connect the computer to an electrical outlet to continue charging
the battery.
For more information about resolving problems with a battery, see your
User’s Guide
.
14 Quick Reference Guide
