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4. Using WARNING! Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the power is ON or if the system has not yet entered into the suspend mode as this may result in the loss of working data. Power Management Modes The Notebook PC has a number of automatic or adjustable power saving features that you can use to maximize battery life and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). You can control some of these features through the Power menu in the BIOS Setup. The power management features are designed to save as much electricity as possible by putting components into a low power consumption mode as often as possible but also allow full operation on demand. These low power modes are referred to as Standby mode and Suspend mode. The Standby mode is a simple function provided by the operating system and the suspend mode is an intense power saver provided by the Notebook PC's BIOS. When the Notebook PC is in either one of the power saving modes, the green power LED (next to the touchpad buttons) will blink. Full Power Mode & Maximum Performance The Notebook PC operates in Full Power mode when the power management function is disabled by configuring the BIOS Setup. When the Notebook PC is operating in Full Power Mode, the Power LED remains ON. If you are conscious of both system performance and power consumption, select "Maximum Performance" instead of disabling all power management features. APM and ACPI Advanced Power Management (APM) was developed by Intel and Microsoft for DOS/Windows 3.1/95/98 which controls only the main system power functions. Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) on the hand was developed by Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba especially for Windows 98 to control power management and Plug and Play features on system devices designed on the Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 baseline. Because not all external peripherals are ACPI compliant, only APM is installed by default (using the command "setup.exe"). Since this Notebook PC is both ACPI and WfM 2.0 compliant, you can install Windows 98 using the command "setup /p j". ACPI cannot be installed after Windows 98 is installed. Reinstallation with "setup /p j" is required on existing Windows 98 systems. Suspend Mode In Suspend-to-RAM (STR) and Suspend-to-Disk (STD), the CPU clock is stopped and most of the Notebook PC devices are put in their lowest active state. The suspend mode is the lowest power state of the Notebook PC. The Notebook PC enters Suspend when the system remains idle for a specified amount of time. The timeout setting of both Hard Disk and Video can be set by the BIOS Setup. To resume system operation, press any key. The Power LED will blink when the Notebook PC is in either one of the power saving modes. 56

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4. Using
WARNING!
Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the power is ON or if the sys-
tem has not yet entered into the suspend mode as this may result in the loss of
working data.
Power Management Modes
The Notebook PC has a number of automatic or adjustable power saving features that you can use
to maximize battery life and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). You can control some of these
features through the Power menu in the BIOS Setup. The power management features are designed
to save as much electricity as possible by putting components into a low power consumption mode
as often as possible but also allow full operation on demand. These low power modes are referred to
as Standby mode and Suspend mode. The Standby mode is a simple function provided by the
operating system and the suspend mode is an intense power saver provided by the Notebook PC’s
BIOS. When the Notebook PC is in either one of the power saving modes, the green power LED
(next to the touchpad buttons) will blink.
Full Power Mode & Maximum Performance
The Notebook PC operates in Full Power mode when the power management function is disabled
by configuring the BIOS Setup. When the Notebook PC is operating in Full Power Mode, the
Power LED remains ON. If you are conscious of both system performance and power consump-
tion, select “Maximum Performance” instead of disabling all power management features.
APM and ACPI
Advanced Power Management (APM) was developed by Intel and Microsoft for DOS/Windows
3.1/95/98 which controls only the main system power functions. Advanced Configuration and Power
Management (ACPI) on the hand was developed by Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba especially for
Windows 98 to control power management and Plug and Play features on system devices designed
on the Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 baseline. Because not all external peripherals are ACPI
compliant, only APM is installed by default (using the command “
setup.exe
”). Since this Notebook
PC is both ACPI and WfM 2.0 compliant, you can install Windows 98 using the command “
setup
/p j
”. ACPI cannot be installed after Windows 98 is installed. Reinstallation with “
setup /p j
” is
required on existing Windows 98 systems.
Suspend Mode
In Suspend-to-RAM
(STR) and Suspend-to-Disk (STD), the CPU clock is stopped and most of the
Notebook PC devices are put in their lowest active state. The suspend mode is the lowest power
state of the Notebook PC. The Notebook PC enters Suspend when the system remains idle for a
specified amount of time. The timeout setting of both Hard Disk and Video can be set by the BIOS
Setup. To resume system operation, press any key. The Power LED will blink when the Notebook
PC is in either one of the power saving modes.