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Conserving Battery Power

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Managing Battery Power Conserving Battery Power Conserving Battery Power The OmniBook uses Advanced Power Management (APM) to conserve battery power. You can take steps to optimize your battery operating time. If you're using Windows 95 or Windows 98, APM is preinstalled on the OmniBook. If you're using Windows NT 4.0, you'll need to install APM. This section describes how to ♦ Install APM for Windows NT. ♦ Save battery power. ♦ Set time-outs. ♦ Get the most from your battery. To install APM for Windows NT 4.0 Advanced Power Management (APM) for Windows NT 4.0 is located on the OmniBook's hard disk drive. You set up APM from the Windows Start menu. (The APM driver is also located on the Recovery CD in \Omnibook\Drivers\Apm. ) Phoenix APM adds the following capabilities to the OmniBook: • Improved battery life under Windows NT 4.0. • PC Card power management. • Convenient user control and monitoring of power settings and status. 1. To install APM, click Start, Programs, OmniBook, Phoenix Advanced Power Management, Setup. 2. Follow the setup instructions on the screen. You can download the Phoenix APM documentation from the following website: http://www.phoenix.com/notebook/addinfo.html. 3-9

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Managing Battery Power
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Conserving Battery Power
The OmniBook uses Advanced Power Management (APM) to conserve battery
power. You can take steps to optimize your battery operating time. If you’re using
Windows 95 or Windows 98, APM is preinstalled on the OmniBook. If you’re using
Windows NT 4.0, you’ll need to install APM.
This section describes how to
Install APM for Windows NT.
Save battery power.
Set time-outs.
Get the most from your battery.
To install APM for Windows NT 4.0
Advanced Power Management (APM) for Windows NT 4.0 is located on the
OmniBook’s hard disk drive. You set up APM from the Windows Start menu. (The
APM driver is also located on the
Recovery CD
in \Omnibook\Drivers\Apm. )
Phoenix APM adds the following capabilities to the OmniBook:
Improved battery life under Windows NT 4.0.
PC Card power management.
Convenient user control and monitoring of power settings and status.
1. To install APM, click Start, Programs, OmniBook, Phoenix Advanced Power
Management, Setup.
2. Follow the setup instructions on the screen.
You can download the Phoenix APM documentation from the following website: