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Preserving Battery-Pack Life, Maximizing Battery-Powered Operation, Using Advanced Power Management

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Maximizing Battery-Powered Operation Preserving Battery-Pack Life To preserve the life of the battery pack: Do not charge the battery pack untill all of its power is used. Once you have started charging the battery pack, do not use it until it is fully charged. Turn off the computer whenever it is not in use. Maximizing Battery-Powered Operation To save the battery power: Use Advanced Power Management (APM). Decrease the LCD brightness. Use the Battery Power-Management function. Using Advanced Power Management Note: Windows NT does not support APM, but the computer provides a device driver for the Windows NT power management. APM allows you to reduce power consumption when your applications and devices are idle. Each operating system comes with its own APM. If you have purchased the computer with a preinstalled operating system, Advanced Power Management (APM) is already installed correctly. WIN If you are using Windows 95, APM is automatically installed on your computer. To verify that the computer has APM installed correctly, do the following: 1. Click on Start. 2. Click on My Computer. 3. Click on Control Panel. 4. Click on Power. 5. Verify that the item Power management is set to Advanced. If not, select Advanced from the pull-down menu. 60 IBM ThinkPad 380 or 380D User's Guide

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Maximizing Battery-Powered Operation
Preserving Battery-Pack Life
To preserve the life of the battery pack:
Do not charge the battery pack untill all of its power is used.
Once you have started charging the battery pack, do not use it
until it is fully charged.
Turn off the computer whenever it is not in use.
Maximizing Battery-Powered Operation
To save the battery power:
Use Advanced Power Management (APM).
Decrease the LCD brightness.
Use the Battery Power-Management function.
Using Advanced Power Management
Note:
Windows NT does not support APM,
but the computer provides a device
driver for the Windows NT power
management.
APM allows you to reduce power consumption when your
applications and devices are idle.
Each operating system comes
with its own APM.
If you have purchased the computer with a preinstalled operating
system, Advanced Power Management (APM) is already installed
correctly.
WIN
If you are using Windows 95
, APM is automatically installed on your
computer.
To verify that the computer has APM installed correctly,
do the following:
1.
Click on
Start
.
2.
Click on
My Computer
.
3.
Click on
Control Panel
.
4.
Click on
Power
.
5.
Verify that the item
Power management
is set to
Advanced
.
If not, select
Advanced
from the pull-down menu.
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