Advanced Power Management (Apm) - Acer AcerNote 950 User Manual

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Advanced Power Management (APM)

This notebook supports the APM standard designed to further reduce
system power consumption.
defined jointly by Microsoft
supports APM to take advantage of power saving features and allows
greater system availability without degrading performance.
To use the APM feature under the Windows environment, run Windows
Setup and select
the System Information menu. Refer to the Windows user's guide for more
information.
You can use the APM feature under the DOS environment by including the
POWER.EXE command in the CONFIG.SYS file. See the MS-DOS manual
for instructions on how to edit the CONFIG.SYS file. For more information
about APM, type the following at the DOS prompt:
HELP POWER.EXE
If you enable the Power Management Mode parameter in Setup
without installing the APM under DOS or Windows, the system
time and date do not display the correct settings after the
system returns to normal operation from system standby or
suspend mode.
system. Enable APM to avoid this problem.
Advanced Power Management greatly prolongs battery life.
Use APM whenever possible.
Operating on Battery Power
APM is a power-management approach
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MS-DOS System with APM
To update the time and date, reboot the
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