Conserving Battery Power In Windows 95; Conserving Battery Power In Windows 98 - Compaq Armada M300 Series Reference Manual

If you leave your work, initiate Suspend (Standby) or Hibernation or
shut down the computer.
Remove PC Cards you are not using.
Use the Fn+F10 hotkeys to quickly raise and lower display brightness as
you work.
Run the computer on external power while formatting a diskette.
When using the computer with the mobile expansion unit and a CD-
ROM or DVD-ROM drive is in the system, select
StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅSystemÅDevice ManagerÅCD-ROM
properties, then clear the CD-ROM Auto Insert Notification check box.

Conserving Battery Power in Windows 95

Select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPower. Then:
If Infrared Monitor is enabled, select StartÅSettingsÅControl
PanelÅInfraredÅOptions tab, then clear the Search for and Provide
Status for Devices in range check box.
IMPORTANT: You cannot establish an infrared link while this check box is
cleared. For more information about infrared, refer to Chapter 10.

Conserving Battery Power in Windows 98

Select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPower ManagementÅPower
Schemes tab, then create a power scheme that conserves battery power.
Select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPower ManagementÅBattery
Conservation Settings. Then select a low screen brightness.
On the Battery Conservation Settings tab, select the High or Custom
battery conservation level. If Custom is selected, enter lower
settings.
On the Disk Drives tab, set a low When Powered by Batteries
timeout for the disk drive.
If you are using a PC Card modem, select the PC Card Modems tab,
then click the Turn Off PC Card Modems When Not in Use check
box.
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