Power Management Problems

Start: Low battery life

Physical

inspection: HP battery?

Contacts dirty? Physically OK?

Yes

Ac adapter

No

attached to OB

 

 

 

 

 

and wall?

 

 

 

 

Attach ac adapter

Yes

Has unit

No

 

recharged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sufficiently?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recharge sufficiently

Yes

Power on

 

No

 

during

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recharge?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ensure power on

Yes

DOS

No

or Windows

 

 

 

 

 

running?

 

 

 

Start DOS or

Windows

Yes

See OB

No

 

power icon?

 

 

 

Done: Suspect software problem

Yes IsNo

Windows

running?

Start Windows

 

OB

 

 

 

Yes

Power icon in

No

 

 

Control Panel?

 

 

Yes

 

Power Mgmnt

No

 

 

 

icon in OB Tools?

 

Yes

1-1/2

No

 

hours per

 

 

 

Speech:

 

 

charge?

 

 

 

 

 

Standard or Off

 

 

 

means

 

 

 

 

processor

 

 

 

 

always on; uses

 

 

 

more power

 

Done

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable OB

 

 

 

 

power

 

 

 

 

management

 

 

A

Done

 

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