Power Management; Power Saving Modes - Delta THINKPAD R31 User Manual

In general, rechargeable batteries store electrical energy through chemical
reaction - therefore, capacity will change by temperature, unused storage
period, load condition and number of cycles used.
Tips
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Decrease LCD brightness to conserve battery power.
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Put the computer into suspend mode [ close lid ] if you need to take
a quick

Power Management

Power Saving Modes

The ThinkPad provides three power saving modes which are recom-
mended for when the system is not in use. The system enters standby or
suspend automatically when the system is not used for the time set by the
timer.
Standby
• to use standby, press Fn + F3 keys
• press the spacebar to resume
normal operation
User Handbook
The battery icon, located on the task bar at the lower right-
hand side of your screen, provides useful information. Dou-
ble click to get battery information.
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break.
Suspend
Use suspend when you are not using the laptop for a short
period of time such as a 10 minute break.
• to use suspend, press Fn + F4
OR
• close LCD panel
• if modem card detects an incoming call
while in suspend mode, the laptop
matically resumes normal operation
LCD, HDD and au-
dio are turned off.
This stops all tasks
and stores them in
memory. Then all
devices except
auto- memory are turned off.
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