Low battery state, Shorted batteries – Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu LifeBook B6230 notebook User Manual
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65 - Lithium ion Battery
Low Battery State
When the battery is running low, your notebook will beep every 15 seconds and the Battery Level
indicator will flash. If you do not respond to the low battery alarm, the batteries will continue to discharge
until they are too low to operate. When this happens there will be a multiple beep alarm and the Battery
Level indicator will show a dead battery. Your LifeBook will then go into Standby mode to try to protect
your data for as long as possible. There is no guarantee that your data will not be lost once the notebook
reaches this point.
Once your notebook goes into Dead Battery Suspend mode you will be unable to resume operation until
you provide a source of power either from an adapter, or a charged battery. Once you have provided power,
you will need to press the Suspend/Resume button to resume operation.
In the Dead Battery Suspend mode, your data can be maintained for some time, but if a power source is
not provided promptly, the Power indicator will stop flashing and go out, meaning that you have lost the
data that was not stored. Once you provide power, you can continue to use your notebook while an adapter
is charging the battery.
Shorted Batteries
The Status Indicator panel uses an LED below the battery outline of the Battery Level indicator to display
the operating level available in that battery. If this display shows a Shorted Battery, it means the battery is
damaged and must be replaced so it does not damage other parts of your LifeBook notebook.
•
Y
OU
MAY
NOT
BE
ABLE
TO
HEAR
THE
AUDIO
ALARM
IF
THE
VOLUME
CONTROL
IS
SET
TOO
LOW
OR
IS
TURNED
OFF
BY
EITHER
THE
HARDWARE
OR
SOFTWARE
. H
OWEVER
,
YOU
WILL
STILL
BE
ABLE
TO
SEE
THE
B
ATTERY
L
EVEL
INDICATOR
FLASH
. O
NCE
THE
LOW
BATTERY
ALARM
OCCURS
YOU
MUST
SAVE
ALL
YOUR
ACTIVE
DATA
AND
PUT
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
INTO
S
TANDBY
MODE
UNTIL
YOU
CAN
PROVIDE
A
NEW
POWER
SOURCE
. Y
OU
SHOULD
PROVIDE
A
CHARGED
BATTERY
,
AN
AC
POWER
ADAPTER
,
OR
A
UTO
/A
IRLINE
ADAPTER
AS
SOON
AS
POSSIBLE
.
•
W
HEN
YOU
ARE
IN
SLEEP
MODE
THERE
MUST
ALWAYS
BE
AT
LEAST
ONE
POWER
SOURCE
ACTIVE
. I
F
YOU
REMOVE
ALL
POWER
SOURCES
WHILE
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
IS
IN
SLEEP
MODE
,
ANY
DATA
THAT
HAS
NOT
BEEN
SAVED
TO
THE
HARD
DRIVE
WILL
BE
LOST
.