To Save Battery Power - HP OmniBook 7100 Reference Manual

Managing Battery Power
Conserving Battery Power

To save battery power

Follow these suggestions to conserve battery power:
• Plug in the ac adapter, especially while using the DVD / floppy drive, the
CD-ROM / floppy drive, the LS-120 drive, or any external connections.
• Put the OmniBook in Suspend mode whenever you are not using it for a short
while: press the blue power button for approximately 1 second.
• Put the OmniBook in Hibernate mode whenever you want to save your current
session, but will not be using the computer for several hours or more (Fn+F12).
• Shut down the OmniBook whenever you will not be using it for several hours or
more. Click Start, Shut Down. The current session is not saved.
• Turn the brightness of the display down to the lowest comfortable level. This
reduces the backlight power and extends the life of your OmniBook display.
• Set the automatic time-out settings to emphasize saving power (page 3-11).
• If you work with an application that uses the serial port or a PC Card, exit the
application when you are done using it.
• If you have an I/O PC Card—that is, a PC Card having an external connection,
such as a modem or network card—remove it when you are not using it. Some
I/O cards use significant power, even while they're inactive.
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