Setting A Power Conservation Level; Viewing Battery Charge Status; Adjusting Screen Brightness; Displaying System Information - Compaq Armada M300 Series Reference Manual

Setting a Power Conservation Level

In Windows 98 press
window.
In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 press
Battery Conservation Settings window.
To select a preset battery conservation level, choose
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among
High—Maximizes running time from a single charge.
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Medium—Balances system performance with running
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time.
None (Drain)—Runs the computer at full power.
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For information about the Custom level, refer to "Using
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Power Preferences" in Chapter 3.

Viewing Battery Charge Status

Press
Fn+F8
Battery packs are listed by location.
To display the location of a listed battery pack, select the
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corresponding battery icon.
A lightening bolt icon beside a battery icon indicates that
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the battery pack in that location is charging.

Adjusting Screen Brightness

Press
Fn+F10
with an onscreen slide button or with the arrow keys.

Displaying System Information

Press
Fn+Esc
components and software version numbers.
The number beside System BIOS is the version number
NOTE:
of your system ROM.
2-10 Using the Keyboard
Fn+F7
to view the status of all installed battery packs.
to adjust the brightness of the computer screen
to display information about system hardware
to open the Power Schemes
to open the
Fn+F7