Compaq Armada e500 Compaq Armada E500 Series Reference Guide - Page 21

Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon - manual

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Charging a Battery Pack 5-7 Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack 5-8 Using the Battery Status Tab 5-8 Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon 5-8 Using the Power or Power Meter Tab 5-9 Calibrating a Battery Pack 5-10 Running a Calibration 5-11 Stopping a Calibration 5-12 Using Power Preferences 5-12 Setting Power Preferences in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 5-13 Setting Power Preferences in Windows 98 5-15 Turning Auto Insert Notification On or Off 5-16 Conserving Battery Power 5-16 Battery Power Conservation Checklist 5-16 Conserving Battery Power in Windows 95 5-17 Conserving Battery Power in Windows 98 5-17 Conserving Battery Power in Windows NT 4.0 5-18 chapter 6 WORKING WITH REMOVABLE DRIVES AND DEVICE BAYS Bay Configuration 6-1 Caring for Removable Drives 6-2 Changing the Startup Sequence with MultiBoot 6-3 Selecting Diskettes 6-4 DualBay Devices 6-5 Inserting a DualBay Device 6-5 Removing a DualBay Device 6-6 Second Battery Pack 6-6 MultiBay Devices 6-7 Inserting a MultiBay Device 6-7 Removing a MultiBay Device 6-8 Using the CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive 6-9 Manually Ejecting a Compact Disc 6-10 Using the LS-120 Drive 6-10 Using the Third Battery Pack 6-10 Contents vii

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Contents
vii
Charging a Battery Pack
..................................................................
5-7
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack
........................................
5-8
Using the Battery Status Tab
......................................................
5-8
Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon
...........................
5-8
Using the Power or Power Meter Tab
.........................................
5-9
Calibrating a Battery Pack
.............................................................
5-10
Running a Calibration
...............................................................
5-11
Stopping a Calibration
..............................................................
5-12
Using Power Preferences
..............................................................
5-12
Setting Power Preferences
in Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0
.......................................................................
5-13
Setting Power Preferences in Windows 98
...............................
5-15
Turning Auto Insert Notification On or Off
.............................
5-16
Conserving Battery Power
............................................................
5-16
Battery Power Conservation Checklist
.....................................
5-16
Conserving Battery Power in Windows 95
...............................
5-17
Conserving Battery Power in Windows 98
...............................
5-17
Conserving Battery Power in Windows NT 4.0
.......................
5-18
chapter 6
W
ORKING WITH
R
EMOVABLE
D
RIVES AND
D
EVICE
B
AYS
Bay Configuration
...........................................................................
6-1
Caring for Removable Drives
.........................................................
6-2
Changing the Startup Sequence with MultiBoot
........................
6-3
Selecting Diskettes
..........................................................................
6-4
DualBay Devices
.............................................................................
6-5
Inserting a DualBay Device
........................................................
6-5
Removing a DualBay Device
......................................................
6-6
Second Battery Pack
...................................................................
6-6
MultiBay Devices
............................................................................
6-7
Inserting a MultiBay Device
.......................................................
6-7
Removing a MultiBay Device
....................................................
6-8
Using the CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive
........................
6-9
Manually Ejecting a Compact Disc
..........................................
6-10
Using the LS-120 Drive
............................................................
6-10
Using the Third Battery Pack
....................................................
6-10