Power Management Conserving Battery Power To save battery power Follow these suggestions to conserve battery power. • Plug in the ac adapter, especially while using the floppy disk drive, the CD-ROM drive, or any external connections. • Put the OmniBook in Suspend mode whenever you are not using it for a short while: close the lid, or press the blue power button for approximately 1 second, or select Start menu, Suspend. • Put the OmniBook in Hibernate mode whenever you want to save your current session, but will not be using the computer for several hours or more (Fn+F12). • Turn the OmniBook off whenever you will not be using it for several hours or more:
press the blue power button for more than 4 seconds or select Start menu, Shut Down. The current session is not saved. • Turn the brightness of the display down to the lowest comfortable level. This reduces the backlight power , which can increase the battery operating time by as much as 15%. • Set the automatic time-out settings to emphasize saving power. (See the following topic.) • If you work with an application that uses the serial port or a PC Card, exit the application when you are done using it. • If you have an I/O PC Card—that is, a PC Card having an external connection, such as a modem or network card—remove it when you are not using it.
Some I/O cards use significant power, even while they’re inactive. 4-10