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Using alternate power sources Extending battery life To extend battery life, use alternate power sources whenever possible. ■ If traveling internationally, take electrical adapters. Save the battery(ies) for times when you cannot use a power adapter. If you plan on taking your AC power adapter, also take a single-plug surge protector. ■ If you will have access to an EmPower™ in-flight power receptacle, an automobile power outlet, or an automobile cigarette lighter, use a power inverter. Save the battery(ies) for times when you cannot use a power adapter. ■ To find AC power outlets in airports, look for them next to support pillars, in large areas such as boarding gates, and under banks of telephones. Changing power modes You can use the following power modes to lengthen the life of your notebook's battery(ies): ■ Standby - while your notebook is in Standby, it switches to a low power state where devices, such as the display and drives, turn off. ■ Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes all current memory (RAM) information to the hard drive, then turns your notebook completely off. The next time you turn on your notebook, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you activated Hibernate mode. 55

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Extending battery life
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Using alternate power sources
To extend battery life, use alternate power
sources whenever possible.
■
If traveling internationally, take electrical
adapters. Save the battery(ies) for times
when you cannot use a power adapter. If
you plan on taking your AC power adapter,
also take a single-plug surge protector.
■
If you will have access to an EmPower™
in-flight power receptacle, an automobile
power outlet, or an automobile cigarette
lighter, use a power inverter. Save the
battery(ies) for times when you cannot use
a power adapter.
■
To find AC power outlets in airports, look
for them next to support pillars, in large
areas such as boarding gates, and under
banks of telephones.
Changing power modes
You can use the following power modes to
lengthen the life of your notebook’s battery(ies):
■
Standby
- while your notebook is in
Standby, it switches to a low power state
where devices, such as the display and
drives, turn off.
■
Hibernate
- (also called
save to disk
) writes
all current memory (RAM) information to
the hard drive, then turns your notebook
completely off. The next time you turn on
your notebook, it reads the memory
information from the hard drive and opens
the programs and documents that were
open when you activated Hibernate mode.