Using Battery Alarms; Setting Battery Alarms - Toshiba Portege 2010 User Manual

active settings when you exit the program. (You do not have to
restart your system before they become active settings.)
Using a hot key to select the power usage mode
1 Press
pop-up window.
2 While continuing to press
desired power usage mode.
3 Release the
The computer is now in the selected mode.

Using battery alarms

You can configure the computer to warn you when the main
battery is running low.

Setting battery alarms

You can set two alarms. Each alarm can be set to alert you
when a specified percentage of remaining battery power has
been reached. You can set how the warning occurs: sound an
alarm, display a message, both, or none. You can also set the
computer to enter Standby mode or Hibernation mode or to
completely power down when the alarm goes off.
To set an alarm or alarms:
1 Click Start, Control Panel.
2 Click Performance and Maintenance.
3 Click Toshiba Power Saver.
The Toshiba Power Saver Properties window appears.
4 In the "Running on batteries" section, click Details.
The mode Properties window appears.
5 Click the Alarm tab and set the alarm(s), as desired.
and simultaneously to display the power usage
Fn F2
key.
Fn
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Using battery alarms
, press until you select the
Fn F2
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