Toshiba m3 User Guide

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Mobile Computing
Monitoring battery power
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Monitoring battery power
The computer’s main battery light gives you an indication of 
the main battery’s current charge:
Glows green when the main battery is fully charged.
Glows amber while the main battery is being charged.
Is unlit when the battery has discharged, the battery is not 
charging, or the AC adapter is not plugged into the 
computer or AC outlet.
Battery life and charge time may vary, depending upon power 
management settings, applications and features used.
Flashes amber when the main battery charge is low and it 
is time to recharge the main battery or plug in the AC 
adapter.
HINT: Be careful not to confuse the battery light (
) with the 
on/off light (
) and the power button light.
When the on/off light flashes amber, it indicates that the 
system is suspended (using Windows  XP Standby 
command).
NOTE