Operating on Battery Power 2-11
2.5 Advanced Power Management (APM)This notebook supports the APM standard designed to further reduce
system power consumption. APM is a power-management approach
defined jointly by Microsoft and Intel. An increasing number of software
supports APM to take advantage of power saving features and allows
greater system availability without degrading performance.
DOS
You can use the APM feature under the DOS environment by including the
POWER.EXE command in the CONFIG.SYS file. See the MS-DOS
manual for instructions on how to edit the CONFIG.SYS file. For more
information about APM, type the following at the DOS prompt:
HELP POWER.EXE e
Windows 3.x
To enable APM under the Windows environment, run Windows Setup and
select MS-DOS System with APM as your computer type in the
System Information menu. Refer to the Windows user’s guide for details.
Windows 95
To enable APM under Windows 95, follow these steps:
1. Select the Start button and click on Settings....
2. Select the Control Panel item. The Control Panel window appears.