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5
Power Saving Utilities
This chapter tells you about
❑
How to get the most work from a battery charge
❑
BatteryPro controls for optimum power savings; and
the
SETPOWER
utility that enables you to control
BatteryPro power levels
❑
SMARTDRV.EXE, a hard disk drive performance
enhancement utility
❑
SPEED, which lets you change
CPU
operating speed for
optimum performance and battery power savings
Contents
Optimizing Battery Operation .......................................... 5-2
Suspend/Standby Modes ............................................ 5-3
Auto-Suspend Mode .................................................... 5-4
Real-Time Power Savings ............................................ 5-5
Power-Saving Levels.................................................... 5-5
Configuration Power Savings ....................................... 5-7
SETPOWER Utility ........................................................ 5-10
SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility ........................... 5-11
SPEED Utility................................................................ 5-12
Show Speed Switch ................................................... 5-12
Using the SPEED Utility ............................................ 5-12
Power-Saving Utilities 5-1