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Conserving Battery Power
Disconnect or turn off external options that you are not using.
Use one of the Setup programs to disable ports you are not using.
Use only Texas Instruments options, which are designed to operate
with the least possible energy consumption. Third-party options, such
as RAM and mouse devices, can drain the battery more quickly.
Run the computer with the AC Adapter connected when using external
devices, such as an external keyboard.
Increase the BatteryPro™ power savings to level 4 using the
SETPOWER utility or the Power Level utility in Windows Setup.
Using the Power Utility
AU TravelMate computers have the BatteryPro Power Management utility from
Texas Instruments. To locate the BatteryPro Power Management utility open
the Notebook group in Windows and select Wbattery, Settings, and Options.
Unless you have disabled this utility, it works automatically and transparently
to conserve power while the computer is operating on battery power.
Calibrating Power Consumption
The Power utility automatically keeps track of:
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