Toshiba SATELLITE M30X - Manual (Page 119)

119 Mobile Computing
Monitoring battery power
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an alarm, display a message, both, or none. You can also set
the computer to enter Standby mode or Hibernate mode or to
completely power down when the alarm goes off.
To set an alarm:
1 Click Start, Control Panel, then Performance and
Maintenance.
2 Click the Toshiba Power Management icon.
3 Click the Alarm tab and set the alarm, as desired.
Sample Toshiba Power Management Alarm tab
Conserving battery power
How long a fully charged battery lasts when you are using the
computer depends on a number of factors, such as:
❖ How the computer is configured
❖ How much you use the display panel instead of an
external monitor
❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives