Texas Instruments TM5000 Series, User Manual

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Caring for Your Battery
The following operating tips for your notebook
can help you prolong the life of a battery charge:
❑
Keep the
LCD
at the lowest comfortable
brightness level. Reducing brightness even
a small amount can significantly reduce
power consumption and increase operating
time.
❑
Press FN-F4 or Suspend whenever you are
not actively using the computer. Press any
key to resume normal operation.
❑
Press Suspend after writing to the hard
disk to stop the disk rotation. Then return
to operation by pressing any key.
❑
Use the Power Savings items in Setup to
turn off the
LCD
when not in use and to
ensure that the hard disk is not powered
for longer periods than necessary.
❑
You can choose between two
CPU
speeds:
high and low. The computer uses less
power at lower
CPU
speeds. When using an
application that is not
CPU
-intensive (for
example, many word processing programs),
press
Ctrl-Alt-
↓
to reduce the
CPU
speed.
To increase the speed again, press
Ctrl-Alt-
↑
. This speed control feature is
not available in the Windows environment
or on most models that use a memory
manager. When high speed is selected, the
Turbo LED is lit.
❑
You can minimize the number of times the
computer needs to access the hard disk by
using disk caches or
RAM
disks.
❑
Disconnect or turn off external options that
you are not using.
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