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Traveling with Your Computer Managing Power Consumption Managing Power Consumption When you are not using your computer, you will want to maximize battery operating time without compromising performance. It is not necessary to turn the computer off in order to reduce power consumption and extend battery life. With Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000, Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) provides both manual and automated tools for reducing power consumption. = You can set power management options to occur automatically, based on timeout values entered. = You can also invoke power management options manually at any time by pressing the appropriate key. See "To use manual power management" below. To use automated power management System hibernation, standby, monitor, and hard disk timeouts automatically occur based on the values set in the Power Management Properties window (Windows 98) or the Power Options Properties window (Windows ME and Windows 2000). The following tables describe the power management timeouts you can set in Windows. System hibernation Action When Resume Saves current session to disk, then shuts down. Provides maximum power savings while still allowing you to recover the current session. After being in suspend for the specified interval. (Windows ME and Windows 2000 only) -ORCritical low battery. Slide the power switch to the left to recover your current session. This may take several minutes. When battery power reaches a critically low level, see "To respond to a low-battery warning" on page 54. 48 Reference Guide

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Traveling with Your Computer
Managing Power Consumption
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Reference Guide
Managing Power Consumption
When you are not using your computer, you will want to maximize battery operating time
without compromising performance. It is not necessary to turn the computer off in order
to reduce power consumption and extend battery life.
With Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000, Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) provides both manual and automated tools for reducing power
consumption.
=
You can set power management options to occur automatically, based on timeout
values entered.
=
You can also invoke power management options manually at any time by pressing the
appropriate key. See “To use manual power management” below.
To use automated power management
System hibernation, standby, monitor, and hard disk timeouts automatically occur based
on the values set in the Power Management Properties window (Windows 98) or the
Power Options Properties window (Windows ME and Windows 2000). The following
tables describe the power management timeouts you can set in Windows.
System hibernation
Action
Saves current session to disk, then shuts
down. Provides maximum power savings
while still allowing you to recover the
current session.
When
After being in suspend for the specified
interval. (Windows ME and Windows
2000 only)
-OR-
Critical low battery.
Resume
Slide the power switch to the left to
recover your current session. This may
take several minutes.
When battery power reaches a critically low level, see “To respond to a low-battery
warning” on page 54.