Sceptre s6500 User Guide
Chapter 3: Operation
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approximately 90% battery life is remaining. When there is only one vertical
line, approximately 10% battery life is remaining; this is referred to as the low
battery state. At this time, there will be approximately 10-20 minutes of
battery power left. When there are no vertical lines showing, the battery has
entered the critically low state. The system beep will begin to sound,
reminding you to save your data to HDD or floppy diskette. Press [Fn] + [F7]
to disable the system beep. Failure to save your data now could result in a
serious loss of time and effort.
line, approximately 10% battery life is remaining; this is referred to as the low
battery state. At this time, there will be approximately 10-20 minutes of
battery power left. When there are no vertical lines showing, the battery has
entered the critically low state. The system beep will begin to sound,
reminding you to save your data to HDD or floppy diskette. Press [Fn] + [F7]
to disable the system beep. Failure to save your data now could result in a
serious loss of time and effort.
Defective Battery
If the Notebook is being operated on AC power and this icon appears in the
System Status window, it indicates that the battery is defective. The system
will not charge a defective battery.
System Status window, it indicates that the battery is defective. The system
will not charge a defective battery.
If the Notebook is being operated on battery power and this icon appears in the
System Status window, it indicates there is very little battery life remaining.
You should immediately begin saving any unsaved data to HDD or FDD.
System Status window, it indicates there is very little battery life remaining.
You should immediately begin saving any unsaved data to HDD or FDD.
If the Notebook is operating on battery power and this icon is flashing in the
System Status window, it indicates the battery has entered the critically low
state. Save your work, replace the battery with a fully charged one, or if
available use AC power.
System Status window, it indicates the battery has entered the critically low
state. Save your work, replace the battery with a fully charged one, or if
available use AC power.
Over Temperature Protection Feature
The AC power is flowing to the Notebook, however, the battery is not being
charged. This is an over-temperature protection feature for batteries. The
system will not charge the battery under the following conditions:
charged. This is an over-temperature protection feature for batteries. The
system will not charge the battery under the following conditions:
•
= The battery temperature is over 50
°
C when the system begins to charge the
battery.
•
= While charging the battery, the battery temperature exceeds 60
°
C. In this
condition, the charging process stops until the battery temperature falls
below 50
below 50
°
C; it will then begin charging again.
Battery Charge
The gas gauge icons scroll from left to right when the battery is charging.
LED Status Indicators
The Notebook has three LED indicators. This section describes each of these
indicators.
indicators.
Power Indicator
The following table describes this status indicator.