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Lenovo ideapad 100-14IBY/100-15IBY Hardware Maintenance Manual
Checking operational charging
Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduring operation,usea
dischargedbatterypackorabatterypackthathaslessthan50%ofthetotal
powerremainingwheninstalledinthecomputer.
Performoperationalcharging.Ifthebatterystatusindicatororicondoesnot
lighton,removethebatterypackandletitreturntoroomtemperature.Reinstall
thebatterypack.Ifthechargeindicatororiconisstilloff,replacethebattery
pack.
Ifthechargeindicatorstilldoesnotlighton,replacethesystemboard.Then
reinstallthebatterypack.Ifitisstillnotcharged,gotothenextsection.
Checking the battery pack
BatterychargingdoesnotstartuntilthePowerMetershowsthatlessthan95%
ofthetotalpowerremains;underthisconditionthebatterypackcanchargeto
100%ofitscapacity.Thisprotectsthebatterypackfrombeingoverchargedor
fromhavingashortenedlife.
Tocheckyourbattery,moveyourcursortothePowerMetericonintheicon
trayoftheWindows
®
taskbarandwaitforamoment(butdonotclickit),andthe
percentageofbatterypowerremainingisdisplayed.Togetdetailedinformation
aboutthebattery,double-clickthePowerMetericon.
Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletobecharged.
Removeitfromthecomputerandleaveitatroomtemperatureforawhile.After
itcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.