Responding To A Low Battery Condition; Saving Files; Turning Off Alarm; Reducing Processor Speed - Acer TravelMate 6000 Series User Manual

When you are operating the computer on battery power and the charge
remaining is down to 20% of the maximum, the low-battery indicator
blinks and an audible alarm sounds. When this happens you should take
the following actions to conserve battery power and reduce the possibility
of data loss.

Saving files

Turning off alarm

Reducing
processor speed
Reducing screen
brightness
Connecting AC
adapter
Suspending
operations

Responding to a Low Battery Condition

Save all open files frequently while the
computer is in a low-battery condition.
Turn off the audible alarm by pressing Fn-End
(Mute).
Use the wSpeed utility in the TravelMate
Notebook Center to reduce the processor
speed. The wSpeed utility is described in the
TravelMate Online Manual.
Reduce screen brightness by press Fn-↓.
If you have access to AC power, connect the
computer to the AC adapter. You can do this
without turning off the computer.
Press Fn-F3 or Fn-F4 to put the computer into
Suspend or Standby mode whenever you are
not actively using the computer. Press the Shift
key to bring the computer out of Suspend or
Standby mode.
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