Contents
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Storing Battery Packs
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4-7
Maximizing Battery Pack Life
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4-8
Recycling Used Battery Packs
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4-9
System Beeps
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4-9
Beeps with a Blinking Battery Charge Light
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4-9
Beeps with a Blinking Power/Suspend Light
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4-10
Turning Beeps On or Off
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4-10
chapter 5
C
OMPUTER
P
OWER AND
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
Leaving On the Computer
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5-1
Turning Off the Computer
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5-1
Restarting the Computer
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5-2
Disconnecting the Computer
from External Power
........................
5-3
Managing Power
..............................................................................
5-3
Using Power Properties
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5-5
Setting the Battery Conservation Level
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5-5
Using Advanced Power Management
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5-6
Using ACPI Power Control
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5-6
Using Hibernation
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5-7
Enabling Hibernation
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5-7
Initiating Hibernation
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5-7
Exiting Hibernation
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5-8
Disabling Hibernation
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5-8
Using Suspend
..................................................................................
5-8
Identifying a Suspend Condition
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5-10
Initiating Suspend
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5-10
Exiting Suspend
.........................................................................
5-10
Using Timeouts
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5-11
Setting Component Timeouts
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5-11
Setting the Screen Saver
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5-12