5
Power Saving Utilities
This chapter tells you about
❑How to get the most work from a battery charge
❑BatteryPro controls for optimum power savings; and
the SETPOWER utility that enables you to control
BatteryPro power levels
❑SMARTDRV.EXE, a hard disk drive performance
enhancement utility
❑SPEED, which lets you change CPU operating speed for
optimum performance and battery power savings
Contents
Optimizing Battery Operation.......................................... 5-2
Suspend/Standby Modes............................................ 5-3
Auto-Suspend Mode.................................................... 5-4
Real-Time Power Savings ............................................5-5
Power-Saving Levels.................................................... 5-5
Configuration Power Savings....................................... 5-7
SETPOWER Utility ........................................................5-10
SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility........................... 5-11
SPEED Utility................................................................ 5-12
Show Speed Switch................................................... 5-12
Using the SPEED Utility............................................ 5-12
Power-Saving Utilities 5-1