Chapter 4: Managing Power Use 53
Alarm settings
Even though several ways to keep tabs on your battery power are available,
alarms letting you know that you might be about to lose battery power are
useful.
The Alarms window lets you turn off and turn on the alarms, set the point at
which your notebook alerts you that your battery is running low, and select
the notification method.
Using Standby mode in Windows 98
Windows 98 uses Standby mode. Standby mode is equivalent to the
Suspend mode in Windows 95. When in Standby mode, your notebook
enters a sleep state according to the power management settings. Standby
mode causes the system to remove power from most devices except
memory.
The following table shows how to change the system modes in
Windows 98.
If your
notebook
is...
...and you
want to...
Do this...
Off
Start up
Press the power button
