Extending Battery Life - NEC VERSA S Service Manual

Table Section 3-2 Status of Devices in Power Saving
Device
External keyboard
Cirrus VGA
LCD (Display and
Backlight)
SurePoint
PS/2-Style Mouse
Diskette Drive
Hard Disk
Serial Port Buffer

EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE

Use the following guidelines to reduce power consumption and maximize battery life. These
guidelines work with AC power as well as battery power. (Some of these features must be
set up through the Power Management utility. See the preceding sections in this section for
details.)
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Turn off the system when not using it.
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Adjust the LCD brightness and contrast to the lowest settings that are comfort-
able for viewing.
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Use the Power Management utility to shorten the timeouts set for powering down
the system.
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If leaving the computer for a short time but plan to return soon, put the system in
Suspend mode. Do so as follows:
Press the Suspend button (
Close the LCD panel to automatically put the system into Suspend mode.
(Selected through Power Management.)
Mode
CPU Global
Standby Standby
Active Active
On Standby
On Off
On On
On On
On Standby
On Standby
On On
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Fn-Esc
Power Management
Suspend
Off
Slow Refresh
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
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