Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 Series User Reference Manual page 80

This chapter tells you about
How to get the most work from a battery charge
SETPOWER Utility, a utility that lets you choose from
various power saving levels to optimize battery charge
SMARTDRV.EXE, a hard disk drive performance
enhancement utility
SPEED, which lets you change
optimum performance and battery power savings
Contents
Optimizing Battery Operation .......................................... 4-2
Battery LEDs .............................................................. 4-2
Battery Recovery Indicators......................................... 4-3
Standby and Suspend ................................................. 4-4
Auto System Action ..................................................... 4-4
Real-Time Power Savings ............................................ 4-4
Power Saving Levels .................................................... 4-5
Cover Closed Action .................................................... 4-5
Hard Drive Motor Off................................................... 4-6
Default CPU Speed ...................................................... 4-6
PCI Expansion Bus ..................................................... 4-7
I/O (Input/Output Ports) ............................................ 4-7
SETPOWER Utility .......................................................... 4-8
SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility ............................. 4-9
Speed Utility ................................................................. 4-10
Show Speed Switch ................................................... 4-10
Using the Speed Utility.............................................. 4-10
Power Saving Utilities
CPU
Power Saving Utilities 4-1
operating speed for
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