HP Pavilion 15 Ab500 Notebook Pc Series Touch Manual

Manually initiating and exiting Sleep
YoucaninitiateSleepinanyofthefollowingways:

BClosethedisplay.

BSelecttheStartbutton,selectthePowericon,andthenselectSleep.
YoucanexitSleepinanyofthefollowingways:

B%rie

Right-clickthePower metericon,andthenselectPower Options.
2.Intheleftpane,selectRequire a password on wakeup.
3.SelectChange Settings that are currently unavailable.
4.SelectRequire a password (recommended).
NOTE:Tocreateauseraccountpasswordorchangeyourcurrentuseraccountpassword,selectCreate 
or change your user account password
,andthenfollowtheon-screeninstructions.Ifyoudonotneed
tocreateorchangeauseraccountpassword,gotostep5.
5.SelectSave changes....

3.Removethebattery(2)fromthecomputer.


3.Pivotthebattery(3)upward,andthenremovethebattery(4)fromthecomputer.


Clickthequestionmarkiconinthetaskbar.
2.SelectMy PC,selecttheDiagnostics and toolstab,andthenselectHP Battery Check.IfHPBattery
Checkindicatesthatyourbatteryshouldbereplaced,contactsupport.
HPSupportAssistantprovidesthefollowingtoolsandinformationaboutthebattery:

BHPBatteryCheck

BInformationaboutbatterytypes,speci

Resolving a low battery level
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available
Connectoneofthefollowingtothecomputerandtoexternalpower:

BACadapter

BOptionaldockingorexpansiondevice

BOptionalpoweradapterpurchasedasanaccessoryfromHP
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available
Saveyourworkandshutdownthecomputer.
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation...

ConnectthecomputertoACpowerunderanyofthefollowingconditions:WARNING!Donotchargethecomputerbatterywhileyouareaboardaircraft.

BWhenchargingorcalibratingabattery

BWheninstallingormodifyingsystemsoftware

BWhenwritinginformationtoadisc(selectproductsonly)

BWhenrunningDiskDefragmenteroncomputerswithinternalharddrives

BWhenperformingabackuporrecovery
WhenyouconnectthecomputertoACpower:

BThebatterybeginstocharge....

Shutting down (turning o

7Maintaining your computer
Itisimportanttoperformregularmaintenancetokeepyourcomputerinoptimalcondition.ThischapterexplainshowtousetoolslikeDiskDefragmenterandDiskCleanup.Italsoprovidesinstructionsforupdating
programsanddrivers,stepstocleanthecomputer,andtipsfortravelingwith(orshipping)thecomputer.
Improving performance
Youcanimprovetheperformanceofyourcomputerbyperformingregularmaintenancetaskswithtoolssuch...

NOTE:Becausesolid-statedrives(SSDs)lackmovingparts,HP3DDriveGuardisunnecessaryforthese
drives.
Formoreinformation,seetheHP3DDriveGuardsoftwareHelp.
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status
Theharddrivelightonthecomputerchangescolortoshowthatthedriveinaprimaryharddrivebayand/or thedriveinasecondaryharddrivebay(selectproductsonly)isparked.Todeterminewhetheradriveis...