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Managing Power 5-17
COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED
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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 Fn+F10 hotkeys to quickly raise and lower display
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: You cannot establish an infrared link while this
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.