Dell Precision M2300 (Late 2007): Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery
Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery: Dell Precision M2300 (Late 2007)
Table of contents
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions
- 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
- What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
- Setting Up Your Computer
- About Your Computer Front View
- Left Side View Right Side View
- Back View Bottom View
- Using a Battery 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 XP Power Meter Charge Gauge Check the Battery Charge Check the Battery Health
- Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery
- Removing the Battery To remove the battery:
- Storing a Battery Troubleshooting Lockups and Software Problems The computer does not start up The computer stops responding
- A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft Windows operating system Windows XP Windows Vista A solid blue screen appears Other software problems BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY. U SE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CD S .
- SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH THE START MENU. 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 Media Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Option Function
- Option Function Tab Function
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To check the battery health using the charge gauge, press and hold the status
button on the battery charge gauge for at least 3 seconds. If no lights appear,
the battery is in good condition, and more than 80 percent of its original
charge capacity remains. Each light represents incremental degradation. If
five lights appear, less than 60 percent of the charge capacity remains, and you
should consider replacing the battery. See "Specifications" in your User’s
Guide for more information about the battery operating time.
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. If the
battery runs completely out of power, hibernate mode begins automatically.
By default, a pop-up window warns you when the battery charge is
approximately 90 percent depleted. You can change the settings for the
battery alarms in QuickSet or the Power Options Properties window. See
"Configuring Power Management Settings" in your
User’s Guide
for
information about accessing QuickSet or the Power Options Properties
window.
Charging the Battery
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.
NOTE: With Dell ExpressCharge, when the computer is turned off, the AC adapter
charges a completely discharged battery to 80 percent in about 1 hour and to
100 percent in approximately 2 hours. Charge time is longer with the computer
turned on. You can leave the battery in the computer for as long as you like. The
battery’s internal circuitry prevents the battery from overcharging.
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.
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