Conserving Battery Power - Texas Instruments 900 Series User Manual

Conserving Battery Power

The following tips can help you prolong the life of
a battery charge:
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Keep the display at the lowest comfortable
brightness and contrast level. Reducing
brightness and contrast even a small
amount can significantly reduce power
consumption and increase operating time.
Set the power management settings in
Setup to optimize the time-outs.
You can minimize the number of times the
computer needs to access the hard disk
drive by using disk caches or
Disconnect or turn off external options that
you are not using.
Use only Texas Instruments options. These
options are designed to operate with the
least possible energy consumption. Third-
party options (such as
devices) can drain the battery more quickly.
disks.
RAM
and mouse
RAM