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6
Battery Operation
When you are using your computer away from your desktop, you are
usually running on battery power. This chapter shows you how to
maximize your battery life.
General Information
about Batteries
Battery characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Battery safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Disposing of used battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Ordering a spare battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Charging Batteries
Determining current charge . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Charging the battery in the computer . . . . 6-4
Prolonging Battery
Life
Increasing BatteryPro level . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Reducing screen brightness . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Caching the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Lowering inactivity timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Removing FDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Suspending operation while idle . . . . . . . . 6-7
Responding to a
Low Battery
Condition
Save to disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Saving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Turning off alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Reducing screen brightness . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Connecting AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Suspending operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Replacing battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Suspending to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
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