Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 36
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................. 37
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 37
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 37
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 38
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 38
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 38
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 38
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 39
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 39
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 39
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 40
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 41
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 41
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 41
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 41
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 42
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 43
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 44
Using Media Card Reader cards (select models only) ....................................................................... 44
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 44
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 45
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 45
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 46
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 46
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 47
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 47
Using the docking connector (select models only) ............................................................ 48
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 49
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 49
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 50
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................... 50
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 50
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 51
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 52
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 52
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 53
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 54
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 54
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