User's Manual

Managing Power 3-9
Power-Saving Tips
In addition to your computer’s automatic power management, you can do
your part to maximize the battery’s operating time by following these
suggestions.
l Do not disable Power Management.
l Decrease the LCD brightness to the lowest comfortable level.
l Disable the parallel and serial ports if no devices are connected to
these ports. (See “Components Menu” in Chapter 5.)
l If you work with an application that uses the serial port or features
wireless connectivity (LAN/modem/GPS), exit the application when
you finish using it.
l Turn off the computer when you are not using it.