Conserving Battery Power; Battery Power Conservation Checklist; Conserving Battery Power In Windows 95 - Compaq Armada E700 Series Reference Manual

Conserving Battery Power

Battery Power Conservation Checklist

Exit modem applications and turn off local area network
(LAN) connections when you are not using them.
Disconnect external equipment you are not using that is not
connected to an external power source.
If you leave your work, initiate Suspend (Standby) or
Hibernation or shut down the computer.
Remove PC Cards you are not using.
Use the
brightness as you work.
Run the computer on external power while formatting
a diskette.

Conserving Battery Power in Windows 95

Select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPower. Then
On the Battery Conservation Settings tab, select the High
battery conservation level or select the Custom battery
conservation level, then enter even lower settings.
On the Disk Drives tab, set a low When Powered By
Batteries timeout for the disk drive.
If you are using a PC Card modem: on the PC-Card
Modems tab, select the checkbox for Turn Off PC-Card
Modems When Not in Use
If Infrared Monitor is enabled, select StartÅSettingsÅControl
PanelÅInfraredÅOptions tab, then clear the checkbox for
Search for and Provide Status for Devices in Range.
IMPORTANT:
checkbox is cleared. For more information about infrared,
refer to Chapter 12.
If a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM is in the system, select
StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅSystemÅDevice
ManagerÅCD-ROM properties, then clear the CD-ROM Auto
Insert Notification checkbox.
hotkeys to quickly raise and lower display
Fn+F10
You cannot establish an infrared link while this
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