Prolonging Battery Life; Increasing Batterypro Level; Reducing Processor Speed; Reducing Screen Brightness - Acer TravelMate 6000 Series User Manual

There are a number of actions you can take to reduce the rate at which
your computer depletes the battery. By taking some or all of these
actions, you can substantially increase the time you can operate on
battery power before recharging the battery.
Increasing
BatteryPro level
Reducing
processor speed
Reducing screen
brightness
Caching the hard
disk drive
BatteryPro™ is patented software that helps
control the rate at which the battery is depleted
by reducing the amount of wasted energy. Use
the wSetPower program to increase the battery
savings level.
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The Pentium processor in your computer is a
major consumer of electric charge. If you are
using the computer in a way that does not
require a fast processing speed, for example,
typing or using the modem, reducing the
processor speed can save considerable charge.
To reduce the processor speed, use the wSpeed
utility described in the TravelMate Online
Manual.
Although the screen controller uses new
technology to increase brightness without
increasing energy consumption, the screen is
still the largest single consumer of the battery
charge. Reducing the brightness to the lowest
acceptable level increases battery life.
To reduce the brightness, press Fn-↓.
By caching the hard disk drive, you can reduce
the length of time the hard drive is rotating and
using energy. Both Windows 95 and Windows
for Workgroups use a disk-caching program by
default. As long as you have not disabled these
programs, you can take advantage of the
battery savings.

Prolonging Battery Life

Battery Operation 6-5