NEC VXi manual Conserving Battery Power, Charging the Battery

Conserving Battery Power

In the Windows 2000 environment, the default setting for a critical low battery state is Standby. Standby does not power down your system to conserve battery power.

NECC recommends that you change the Windows 2000 Standby default setting for a critical low battery state to Hibernate to prevent data loss during battery-powered system operation.

The power management state, Hibernate or Save-To-File (STF), saves the system’s current working environment to the system’s hard drive, then powers down the system to conserve battery power. You can configure your power management settings to enter hibernation when your system reaches a critical low battery state.

Change the Windows 2000 Standby default power management setting for a critical low battery state to Hibernate to prevent data loss during battery-powered system operation.

Follow these steps to modify the default setting for a critical low battery state:

1.From the Windows Start menu, select Settings and Control Panel.

2.Double click Power Options and select the Alarm tab.

3.Click the Alarm Action button in the Critical Battery Alarm section.

4.Use the dropdown box labeled, “When the alarm goes off, the computer will:” to change the default setting to Hibernate.

5.Click OK to exit Alarm Actions.

6.Click OK to exit Power Options.

7.Close the Control Panel.

Charging the Battery

Charge time depends on whether or not you are using the system. There are two ways to charge your battery while it is installed in the NEC Versa VXi:

!When the system is off or in Suspend mode and the AC adapter is connected, charge time is approximately 3 hours.

!When the system is powered on and the AC adapter is connected, charge time is approximately 4 hours.

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