
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42
Handling Your Computer
Extending Your Computer's | Battery | Life |
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The | amount | of | battery | power |
| consumed | by | your | computer | de | ||||||||||||||
on such conditions as the usage frequency, the operating |
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temperature, | and | the | period |
| in | storage | (if unused). The f | |||||||||||||||||
can | help | you | to extend the life of your battery: |
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| If | your | battery is brand new and you | are | charging | i | ||||||||||||||||||
| time, | it | might |
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| of the chemicals in the | cell. To maximize performance, e | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| that all chemicals in the battery are fully activated |
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| battery (fully charge, then fully discharge) three | time | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| follow | this | procedure | if | you | stored | the | battery for |
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| Do not charge the battery pack until all of its power | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recharging | a battery pack that is not completely discha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| shorten | battery | life. |
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| Once | you | start | charging the | battery | pack, | do | not | use |
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| Whenever possible, use the ThinkPad battery |
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| – | Standby: |
| The | LCD |
| and | the | hard | disk | drive | are | turned | |||||||||||
| – | Suspend: |
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| tasks | are | stopped | and | stored | in | memory | t | |||||||||||
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| save | power. |
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| – | Hibernation: |
| All | tasks | are | stopped. The memory | data | and | |||||||||||||||
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| the | current | status | of | the computer are stored on t | ||||||||||||||||||
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| disk; then the power is turned off. |
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| Decrease | the |
| LCD | brightness. |
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| Use Advanced Power Management (APM). Each operating |
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| system | comes | with | its | own |
| APM. |
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| Stop | the | supply | of |
| power | to | the |
| internal | serial | devices | ||||||||||||
| the | modem, | the | serial | port, | and | the | infrared | port, | if |
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| in | use. |
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| Remove | the battery | pack | and | keep | it | in | a | cool | place |
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| not | be |
| using | the | computer |
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Chapter 1. Getting Familiar with Your 39Computer