Compaq M300 manual Conserving Battery Power in Windows

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■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.

■When using the computer with the mobile expansion unit and a CD-

ROM or DVD-ROM drive is in the system, select

Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕System⊕Device Manager⊕CD-ROM properties, then clear the CD-ROM Auto Insert Notification check box.

Conserving Battery Power in Windows 95

■Select Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕Power. Then:

❏On the Battery Conservation Settings tab, select the High or Custom battery conservation level. If Custom is selected, enter 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, select the PC Card Modems tab, then click the Turn Off PC Card Modems When Not in Use check box.

■If Infrared Monitor is enabled, select Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕Infrared⊕Options tab, then clear the Search for and Provide

Status for Devices in range check box.

IMPORTANT: You cannot establish an infrared link while this check box is cleared. For more information about infrared, refer to Chapter 10.

Conserving Battery Power in Windows 98

■Select Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕Power Management⊕Power Schemes tab, then create a power scheme that conserves battery power.

■Select Start⊕Settings⊕Control Panel⊕Power Management⊕Battery Conservation Settings. Then select a low screen brightness.