Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E425 - Maximizing Battery Life; Managing Your Battery Power; Power-Saving Modes

Thebatterystatusindicatorwillletyouknowthatthebatteryischarging,andwillalsonotifyyouwhenthe
batteryisfullycharged.
Note:Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Maximizingbatterylife
Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:
•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted;thatis,usethebatteryuntilthebatterystatus
indicatorstartsblinkingorange.
•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Thebatteryisfullychargedifthebatteryindicatorshows
greenwhentheacpoweradapterispluggedin.
•Alwaysusepowermanagementfeaturessuchaspowermodes,screenblank,sleep,andhibernation.
Managingyourbatterypower
WithPowerManager,youcanadjustyourpowersettingstogiveyouthebestbalancebetweenperformance
andpowersaving.
ForinstructionsonaccessingthePowerManagerprogram,see“Accessingapplications”onpage19.
FormoreinformationaboutthePowerManagerprogram,refertothePowerManagerhelpinformation
system.
Power-savingmodes
Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissectionintroduceseach
modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofthebatterypower.
Introducingthepower-savingmodes
•Screenblank.
Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toturnoffpowertothedisplay,dothe
following:
1.Right-clickthePowerManagerbatterygaugeonthetaskbar.
2.SelectPoweroffdisplay.
•Sleep.
Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthentheharddiskdriveandthecomputerdisplayare
turnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.Toputyourcomputer
intosleepmode,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart.
2.ClickthetrianglemarkontherightsideoftheShutdownicon;thenselectSleep.
•Hibernation.
Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavinglesorexitingfromany
applicationsthatarerunning.Whenyouenterhibernation,allopenapplications,folders,andlesare
savedtotheharddisk,andthenthecomputerturnsoff.Toenterhibernation,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart.
2.ClickthetrianglemarkontherightsideoftheShutdownicon;thenselectHibernate.
Toresumeyoursession,pressthepowerbuttonfornomorethan4seconds.
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