Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ Test Report page 4

Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Outlook 2002
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Word 2002
Netscape Communicator 6.01
Network Associates McAfee VirusScan 5.13
WinZip Computing WinZip 8.0
If any of these applications are already on the system under test, they could cause problems with the benchmark
due to software conflicts. To avoid any such issues, before we installed the benchmark, we uninstalled all
conflicting pre-installed software applications, including different versions of any of the programs MobileMark
uses.
Displaying brightness and power settings
Because the brightness of a notebook's display affects its battery life, BAPCo requires that, before you test with
MobileMark 2007, you make sure the brightness of the notebook's monitor is greater than or equal to 60 nits on a
completely white screen while the notebook is unplugged and running on battery power. The measurement
follows the standards from the Video Electronics Standards Association
(www.vesa.org/Standards/summary/2001_6a.htm).
We complied with this standard for all the tests we ran by setting the notebook PC's brightness as close to 60 nits
as we could without going below that brightness level. We used the following procedure, which assumes we
began with the notebook plugged into the power supply, to meet this requirement before we started each test:
1. To create a completely blank, white screen, open Microsoft Paint by clicking Start All
Programs Accessories Paint.
2. Open the Attributes by pressing Ctrl+E.
3. Enter dimensions that are larger than the current screen resolution. For example, if the screen resolution
is 1280 x 800, type 1600 for Width and 1200 for Height.
4. Click OK.
5. Press Ctrl+F to view the bitmap image and render the screen totally white.
6. Wait 45 minutes to allow the screen to warm.
7. Unplug the notebook from the power supply, and measure the display's brightness using a luminance
meter in the center of the screen. (We use the Gossen Mavolux5032C.)
8. If the reading is below or significantly greater than 60 nits, use the notebook's keyboard screen-
brightness-adjustment keys to bring the display as close to 60 nits as possible, then retest.
9. Allow the notebook to run on battery power for 10 minutes, re-measure the display, and adjust the
brightness up or down as necessary.
10. Verify that the notebook saved the brightness setting by plugging in the system, unplugging it, and taking
another reading. If the notebook did not save this setting, use its power-management application(s) to set
the brightness appropriately, and save that setting.
MobileMark 2007 Auto-configuration Tool
This tool supports three levels of configuration:
1 . Only make changes that are REQUIRED in order for the benchmark to run.
2 . Additionally, make changes that are RECOMMENDED for repeatable results.
3 . Additionally, make changes that help ensure best results.
We choose Level 3 in the Auto-configuration tool unless the client specifically asks us to choose a different level
or to manually set the power options.
The MobileMark Auto-configuration tool makes the following configuration changes at each of the three levels:
Level 1—Required
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Creates and activates a new power scheme that it names MobileMark 2007.
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Disables hibernate, standby, and display standby.
Principled Technologies, Inc.: Battery life performance ratings
of the Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ notebook system
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