Toshiba portege 610ct 620ct Instruction De Maintenance

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The 610CT has three types of batteries:

❑ Main battery pack
❑ Backup battery
❑ Real Time Clock (RTC) battery

These battery specifications are listed in table 1-6.

Main battery

Lithium-Ion

10.8 V

4,000 mAH

Backup battery

Nickel Metal Hydride

6.0 V

110 mAH

RTC battery

Nickel Metal Hydride

3.6 V

30 mAH

The removable main battery pack is the computer’s main power source when the AC adapter
is not attached.  The main battery recharges the backup battery when the system’s power is
on.  The backup and main battery maintain the state of the computer when you enable
AutoResume.

❏ Battery Indicator

The Battery indicator is located on the front side of the 610CT.  The indicator shows
the status of the removable battery pack, power supply, and AC adapter.

The status of each can be determined by color:

Orange

The battery is being charged.  (AC adapter is attached.)

Green

The battery is fully charged.  (AC adapter is attached.)

No light

The AC adapter is disconnected from the computer; or the AC
adapter is connected, but it cannot charge the battery for one of the
following reasons:

−

The battery is extremely hot.  Allow the computer and the
battery to reach room temperature before attempting to charge
the battery.

−

The battery is almost fully discharged.  The battery will not
begin charging immediately in this state, it will begin charging a
few minutes after the AC adapter is connected.

−

The AC adapter is not receiving power.