To Get The Battery Status; To Save Battery Power; To Adjust The Battery Charging Order - HP OmniBook 5500 User Manual

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Adjust the battery charging order.
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Change how power is managed.

To get the battery status

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Move the mouse pointer onto the battery indicator at the right end of the
taskbar—the approximate battery time remaining is displayed in a pop-up
window.

To save battery power

To preserve your current work session, the OmniBook automatically turns off when
the battery charge gets too low—your session continues when you plug in the ac
adapter or insert a fresh battery.
You can follow these suggestions for conserving battery power.
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Plug in the ac adapter, especially while using the floppy drive, the CD-ROM
drive, or any external connections.
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Turn down the brightness of the display to the lowest comfortable level—this
reduces the backlight power, which can increase the battery operating time.
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Set power management to an option that emphasizes saving power—see
change how power is managed."
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If you work with an application that uses the serial port or an I/O card, exit the
application when you're done using it.
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If you access one or more files or programs on a hard disk or floppy disk
frequently, consider copying or moving those files or programs to a flash disk or
RAM card in the upper or lower card slot—at least while you're using the files.
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If you have a PCMCIA I/O card—that is, a card having an external connection,
such as a modem or network card—remove it when you're not using it. Some I/O
cards use significant power, even while they're inactive.

To adjust the battery charging order

If you have two batteries installed, you can specify the order in which they charge.
Only one battery charges at a time.
1. Important
Save your work—you will be rebooting your OmniBook.
2. Press FN+F2 to start the System Configuration utility.
3. From the Power menu, select Battery Charging.
4. Select the battery charging order you want, and then select OK.
5. From the Exit menu, select Save And Reboot.
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