Toshiba SATELLITE A60 - Manual (Page 120)

120 Mobile Computing
Charging the batteries
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Leave the power connected, and the battery should begin
charging after a few minutes.
HINT: Once the battery is fully charged, we recommend that
you operate your computer on battery power until the battery
discharges completely. Doing this extends battery life and
helps ensure accurate monitoring of battery capacity. For more
information, see
“Maximizing battery life” on page 129 .
Charging the RTC battery
Your computer has an internal real-time clock (RTC) battery.
The RTC battery powers the System Time Clock and BIOS
memory used to store your computer’s configuration settings.
When fully charged it maintains this information for up to a
month when the computer is powered off.
The RTC battery may have become completely discharged
while your computer was shipped, resulting in the following
error message during startup:
BAD RTC BATTERY
BAD CHECKSUM (CMOS)
CHECK SYSTEM
To recharge the RTC battery, connect the computer and leave
it powered on for 24 hours.
The above error message may vary by computer model.
The RTC battery does not charge while the computer is
turned off even when the AC adapter is charging the
computer.
If the RTC battery is low, the real-time clock and calendar
may display the incorrect time and date, or stop working.
NOTE