HP ProBook 6555b Notebook-PC - Manual (Page 8)

Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 73
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 74
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 74
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 74
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 74
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 75
Replacing the battery ........................................................................................................ 75
Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................................... 76
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 76
6 Drives
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................................. 78
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 78
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 80
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 80
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 80
Using HP 3D DriveGuard ................................................................................................................... 81
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................................. 81
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software .................................................................................... 82
Replacing a hard drive in the hard drive bay ...................................................................................... 83
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay ................................................................................................. 86
Removing the protective insert .......................................................................................... 86
Replacing a hard drive ....................................................................................................... 86
Replacing an optical drive .................................................................................................. 90
7 External devices
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 93
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 93
Stopping and removing a USB device ............................................................................... 94
Using USB legacy support ................................................................................................. 94
Using a 1394 device ........................................................................................................................... 95
Connecting a 1394 device ................................................................................................. 95
Stopping and removing a 1394 device .............................................................................. 95
Using a serial device (select models only) ......................................................................................... 96
Using external drives .......................................................................................................................... 97
Using optional external devices ......................................................................................... 97
Using a docking device ...................................................................................................................... 98
8 External media cards
Using Media Card Reader cards ........................................................................................................ 99
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 99
Stopping and removing a digital card .............................................................................. 100
Using ExpressCards (select models only) ........................................................................................ 101
Configuring an ExpressCard ............................................................................................ 101
Inserting an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 101
Stopping and removing an ExpressCard ......................................................................... 102
Using smart cards (select models only) ........................................................................................... 103
Inserting a smart card ...................................................................................................... 103
Removing a smart card .................................................................................................... 103
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