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WHITE PAPER May 2001 Prepared by Access Business Group Commercial Notebook Division Compaq Computer Corporation CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1 PRE-USE CONSIDERATIONS... 2 BATTERY CHARACTERISTICS IN SHIP MODE 2 REMOVING THE BATTERY FROM SHIP MODE ....... 2 BATTERY CALIBRATION DEFINED 3 CALIBRATION WITH THE COMPAQ POWER MANAGEMENT SUITE 4 STEPS TO CALIBRATE UNDER WINDOWS 95 / WINDOWS 98 / WINDOWS NT 4 STEPS TO CALIBRATE UNDER WINDOWS 20004 MANUAL CALIBRATION........... 6 WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS 98, & WINDOWS NT 4.0 6 WINDOWS 2000.......... 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 7 NOTICE 8 ... Commercial Notebook Batteries: Performance Optimization EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this White Paper is to communicate Compaq's solutions for notebook battery optimization. Detailed in the document are pre-use considerations and recommendations on battery calibration. 1

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May 2001
Prepared by
Access Business Group
Commercial Notebook
Division
Compaq Computer
Corporation
C
ONTENTS
E
XECUTIVE
S
UMMARY
1
PRE-USE
CONSIDERATIONS ... 2
B
ATTERY
C
HARACTERISTICS IN
S
HIP
M
ODE
.................
2
R
EMOVING THE
B
ATTERY
FROM
S
HIP
M
ODE
.......
2
BATTERY
CALIBRATION
DEFINED
.....................
3
CALIBRATION WITH
THE COMPAQ POWER
MANAGEMENT SUITE
.......................................
4
S
TEPS TO
C
ALIBRATE
UNDER
W
INDOWS
95 /
W
INDOWS
98 /
W
INDOWS
NT
.............
4
S
TEPS TO
C
ALIBRATE
UNDER
W
INDOWS
20004
MANUAL
CALIBRATION
...........
6
W
INDOWS
95, W
INDOWS
98, & W
INDOWS
NT 4.0
...................................
6
W
INDOWS
2000
..........
6
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
................
7
NOTICE
.......................
8
Commercial Notebook Batteries:
Performance Optimization
E
XECUTIVE
S
UMMARY
The purpose of this White Paper is to communicate Compaq’s solutions for notebook
battery optimization.
Detailed in the document are pre-use considerations and
recommendations on battery calibration.