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Using Your Computer with a Battery Pack

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Chapter 4. Using Your Computer with a Battery Pack If you use your ThinkPad computer with the battery pack, you need to conserve the power for long operation. The ThinkPad computer is provided with power management for saving battery power, and it always indicates the battery status. This chapter describes these function for battery operation. Using the Battery Pack 20 Charging the Battery Pack 20 Monitoring the Battery Status 20 Using the Battery Status Indicator 21 Using the Fuel-Gauge Program 23 Saving Battery Power 24 Using the Power Management Modes 24 Customizing Power Management 28 Setting the Suspend Timer 28 Enabling Hibernation Mode 29 Considerations When Using a Power Management Mode . . 30 Considerations for Suspend Mode 30 Considerations for Hibernation Mode 32 Notes for Reinstalling or Installing the Operating System 33 Using Other Battery-Saving Methods 35 Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 19

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Chapter 4.
Using Your Computer with a Battery Pack
If you use your ThinkPad computer with the battery pack, you need
to conserve the power for long operation.
The ThinkPad computer is
provided with power management for saving battery power, and it
always indicates the battery status.
This chapter describes these
function for battery operation.
Using the Battery Pack
.......................
20
Charging the Battery Pack
....................
20
Monitoring the Battery Status
..................
20
Using the Battery Status Indicator
..............
21
Using the Fuel-Gauge Program
...............
23
Saving Battery Power
........................
24
Using the Power Management Modes
.............
24
Customizing Power Management
................
28
Setting the Suspend Timer
..................
28
Enabling Hibernation Mode
..................
29
Considerations When Using a Power Management Mode
..
30
Considerations for Suspend Mode
..............
30
Considerations for Hibernation Mode
............
32
Notes for Reinstalling or Installing the Operating System
33
Using Other Battery-Saving Methods
..............
35
Copyright IBM Corp. 1998
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