HP OmniBook 5500 Notebook PC - Manual (Page 41)

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• Adjust the battery charging order.
• Change how power is managed.
To get the battery status
1. From Program Manager, double-click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Power—the approximate battery level remaining is displayed.
To save battery power
To preserve your current work session, the OmniBook automatically turns off when
the battery charge gets too low—your session continues when you plug in the ac
adapter or insert a fresh battery.
You can follow these suggestions for conserving battery power.
• Plug in the ac adapter, especially while using the floppy drive, the CD-ROM
drive, or any external connections.
• Turn down the brightness of the display to the lowest comfortable level—this
reduces the backlight power, which can increase the battery operating time.
• Set power management to an option that emphasizes saving power—see “To
change how power is managed.”
• If you work with an application that uses the serial port or an I/O card, exit the
application when you’re done using it.
•
If you access one or more files or programs on a hard disk or floppy disk
frequently, consider copying or moving those files or programs to a flash disk or
RAM card in the upper or lower card slot—at least while you’re using the files.
• If you have a PCMCIA I/O card—that is, a card having an external connection,
such as a modem or network card—remove it when you’re not using it. Some I/O
cards use significant power, even while they’re inactive.
To adjust the battery charging order