HP OmniBook 4100, Справочное руководство

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Managing Battery Power
Conserving Battery Power
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Conserving Battery Power
The OmniBook uses Advanced Power Management (APM) to conserve battery
power. You can take steps to optimize your battery operating time. This section
describes how to
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Save battery power.
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Set time-outs.
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Handle and store the battery safely.
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Get the most from your battery.
To save battery power
Follow these suggestions to conserve battery power.
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Plug in the ac adapter, especially while using the floppy disk drive, the CD-ROM
drive, or any external connections.
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Put the OmniBook in Suspend mode whenever you are not using it for a short
while: close the lid, or press the blue power button for approximately 1 second,
or select Start menu, Suspend.
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Put the OmniBook in Hibernate mode whenever you want to save your current
session, but will not be using the computer for several hours or more (Fn+F12).
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Shut down the OmniBook whenever you will not be using it for several hours or
more. Click Start, Shut Down. The current session is
not saved.
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Turn the brightness of the display down to the lowest comfortable level. This
reduces the backlight power and extends the life of your OmniBook display.
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Set the automatic time-out settings to emphasize saving power (page 1-58).
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If you work with an application that uses the serial port or a PC Card, exit the
application when you are done using it.
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If you have an I/O PC Card—that is, a PC Card having an external connection,
such as a modem or network card—remove it when you are not using it. Some
I/O cards use significant power, even while they’re inactive.