Using Alternate Power Sources; Changing Power Modes - Gateway MX6452 User Manual

CHAPTER 8: Managing Power

Using alternate power sources

Changing power modes

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To extend battery life, use alternate power
sources whenever possible.
If traveling internationally, take electrical
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adapters. Save the battery for times when
you cannot use a power adapter. If you
plan on taking your AC power adapter, also
take a single-plug surge protector.
If you will have access to an EmPower™
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in-flight power receptacle, an automobile
power outlet, or an automobile cigarette
lighter, use an airplane/automobile power
adapter (if supported by your notebook) or
power inverter. Save the battery(ies) for
times when you cannot use a power
adapter.
To find AC power outlets in airports, look
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for them next to support pillars, in large
areas such as boarding gates, and under
banks of telephones.
You can use the following power modes to
lengthen the life of your notebook's battery(ies):
Standby - while your notebook is in
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Standby, it switches to a low power state
where devices, such as the display and
drives, turn off.
Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes
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all current memory (RAM) information to
the hard drive, then turns your notebook
completely off. The next time you turn on
your notebook, it reads the memory
information from the hard drive and opens
the programs and documents that were
open when you activated Hibernate mode.