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If your battery drains completely without being placed into the suspend mode, you might lose
information which has not been saved. It is a good idea when using battery power to place the unit in
the suspend mode if you think you will be leaving the unit for any substantial length of time.[XP5 Pro
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To check your battery charge level:
Pop-up Menu
This is the most accurate measure of battery charge. You can activate the popup menu by pressing the
[Fn]+[F2] key combination. This will show you the charge level of the primary battery (BAT1) and
the secondary battery (BAT2). If the secondary battery is not present, the BAT2 level will read
"NON." The battery charge level indicated in the popup menu is the percentage of charge remaining.
A figure of 90% means that 90% battery charge remains and 10% battery charge has been used. If
both a primary and secondary battery are present, use this menu to determine the charge level of the
individual batteries. Most other methods of checking the charge level will only provide overall charge
level of the two batteries combined.
Battery Icon
The battery icon provides a rough indicator of the battery charge level by starting out all blue (full
charge) and becoming more gray as the charge level drops. You can also hold the cursor over the icon
to get a popup reading of battery charge level. If you have two batteries in place, the number provided
will be a percentage of the total charge level of both batteries combined. To determine the charge level
of each battery, use the popup Status menu.
Control Panel
Clicking on th e
Power
icon in th e
Control Panel
brings up the Windows 95 power management
menu. You can get a reading on the current battery charge level here. If you have two batteries in
place, the number provided [XP5 Pro 1.18] will be a percentage of the total charge level of both
batteries combined. To determine the charge level of each battery, you will need to adjust the setting
in Windows 95 that controls the output for this icon as described in Chapter Three. You can also
make changes here to the power management settings used during Windows 95 sessions.
POWER MANAGEMENT
Your WinBook XP5 Pro should run for over two hours on a single, fully charged battery and longer if
power management is employed. The key to obtaining optimal battery life for your system is effective
power management. You can set your system for the optimal power management level for your usage
by using the Setup program (see Chapter Six). You can adjust the power management settings for a
specific session by using the Power Management features of the popup menu [Fn]+[F5]; these changes
are not permanent changes to power management. This can allow you to reduce power management
for better system response or increase power management for extended battery life as your specific
usage demands, while still maintaining your preferred default power management settings.
More in-depth information on power management can be found in Chapter Six. Changes made to the
Setup program as described in Chapter Six become the default settings for system power management.
