2 Operating on Battery Power

The computer operates on AC or battery power. This chapter contains the information you need to know to operate the computer on battery power. It also includes information on how your computer manages and saves power.

Contents

Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Battery Pack Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing and Removing the Battery Pack . . . . 33

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Charging Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Checking the Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Windows Battery Meter . . . . . . 35

Optimizing Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Battery-low Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Heuristic Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Display Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hard Disk Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Peripheral Standby Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hibernation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Acer 710 Series manual Operating on Battery Power