Prolonging Battery Life
Battery Operation 6-7

Lowering inactivity

timeouts Inactivity timeouts turn off devices in the
computer when you are not using them.
Lowering the inactivity timeouts shortens the
period of time the computer waits before
turning off the device.
Inactivity timeouts are defined in the setup
programs described in the TravelMate Online
Manual.
Removing FDD Although the floppy disk drive module does not
use much power while you are not accessing
the drive, it does use some. Replacing the floppy
disk drive module with a weight-reduction
module eliminates all drain on the battery.

Suspending

operation while idle Although the computer goes into Suspend mode
automatically after a defined period of
inactivity, you can reduce energy consumption
even further by pressing either Fn-F3
(Suspend) or Fn-F4 (Standby) as soon as you
no longer need the computer to be active.
• Pressing Fn-F4 (Standby) turns off the
screen.
• Pressing Fn-F3 (Suspend) turns off the
screen, stops the hard disk drive, and
reduces energy usage to the lowest level
possible without turning off the computer.
Press the Shift key to resume activity from
Suspend or Standby mode.

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