Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Power Management and Battery Usage

DisablingtheTrackPointpointingdeviceorthetouchpad
IfyouwanttodisabletheTrackPointpointingdeviceorthetouchpad,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.
2.TodisabletheTrackPointpointingdevice,clearthecheckboxforEnableTrackPoint.
Todisablethetouchpad,clearthecheckboxforEnabletouchpad.
3.ClickOK.
Note:YoucanalsoopentheUltraNavpropertieswindowbyclickingtheUltraNavicononthetaskbar.For
details,refertotheinstructionsin“AddingtheUltraNavicontotheWindowsnoticationarea”onpage27.
AddingtheUltraNavicontotheWindowsnoticationarea
ForeasyaccesstotheUltraNavproperties,youcanenablethedisplayoftheUltraNavintheWindows
noticationarea.
ToenablethedisplaytheUltraNaviconintheWindowsnoticationarea,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.
2.IntheMousePropertieswindow,clicktheUltraNavtab.
3.SelectthecheckboxforShowUltraNavicononthesystemtray.
4.ClickOKorApply.
5.ClickShowhiddeniconsonthetaskbar.TheUltraNaviconisdisplayed.Toaddittothetaskbar
permanently,clickCustomizeandproceedtocustomizethesettings.
Powermanagement
Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep
yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou
usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.
SpendmoretimeunpluggedwithThinkPadbatteries.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusinessbyallowing
youtotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklongerwithout
beingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.
Checkingbatterystatus
ThePowerManagerBatteryGaugeinthetasktraydisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.
Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerwilldeterminehowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer
betweencharges.Becauseeachcomputeruserhasdifferenthabitsandneeds,itisdifculttopredicthow
longabatterychargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:
•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.
•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer.Forexample,howoftenyouaccesstheharddiskdriveorthesolidstate
drive?Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay?Andhowoftenyouusewirelessfeatures?
Usingtheacpoweradapter
Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)batterypackprovidedwithit,
orfromacpowerthroughtheacpoweradapter.Whileyouuseacpower,thebatterychargesautomatically.
Theacpoweradapterthatcomeswithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:
1.Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpoweradapterforusewiththecomputer.
Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer27