The Battery Discharges Too Quickly - Fujitsu FPCM11383 Easy Manual

Troubleshooting and tips

The battery discharges too quickly

Cause
The battery is either too hot or too
cold. In this case the battery indicator
flashes.
You may have an application running
that consumes a great deal of power
due to frequent accessing of the hard
disk or optical drive.
The maximum brightness may have
been set for the screen.
The power-management features
have been deactivated.
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Troubleshooting
► Move the notebook so that its temperature returns to
within the normal range.
► If the operating time of the battery life is extremely
short, the battery is probably too old. Replace
battery if necessary.
► Use the mains adapter as frequently as possible.
► Set the screen somewhat darker with the key Fn
and the key F6 to reduce the power consumption.
Windows XP
► Check the settings in the BIOS Setup (in the Power
menu) and under Windows (Start - (Settings) - Control
Panel - Power Options), and adjust the parameters.
Windows Vista
► Check the settings in the BIOS Setup (in the Power
menu) and under Windows (Start - (Settings) - Control
Panel – Mobile PC - Power Options), and adjust the
parameters.
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