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3.2.3 Advanced Power Management (APM)
This notebook supports the APM standard designed to further reduce power
consumption. APM is a power-management approach defined jointly by
Microsoft
®
and Intel
®
. The notebook’s heuristic power management scheme
works hand-in-hand with APM to take advantage of power saving features
and allows greater system availability without degrading performance.
Advanced Power Management greatly prolongs battery life.
Use APM whenever possible.
Setting the Optimum Power Management Level
Follow these steps:
1. Select the Start button, click on Settings... and select Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Power icon in the Control Panel window.
3. Set the power management mode to Advanced for optimum power
management.
Enabling APM
If APM under Windows 95 is not enabled, follow these steps to enable it:
1. Select the Start button, click on Settings... and select Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the System icon in the Control Panel window.
3. Select the Device Manager tab and double-click on System devices.
4. Double-click on Advanced Power Management support to display its
properties. Select the Settings tab and make sure the check box for
enabling power management support is selected.
Refer to the Windows 95 user’s guide for details.