Texas Instruments TravelMate 4000M - Chapter 5 Power Saving Utilities

5
Power Saving Utilities
This chapter tells you about
❑ How to get the most work from a battery charge
❑ BatteryPro controls for optimum power savings; and
the
SETPOWER utility that enables you to control
BatteryPro power levels
❑ SMARTDRV.EXE, a hard disk drive performance
enhancement utility
❑ SPEED, which lets you change CPU operating speed for
optimum performance and battery power savings
Contents
Optimizing Battery Operation.......................................... 5-2
Suspend/Standby Modes ............................................ 5-3
Auto-Suspend Mode.................................................... 5-4
Real-Time Power Savings ............................................ 5-5
Power-Saving Levels.................................................... 5-5
Configuration Power Savings....................................... 5-7
SETPOWER Utility ........................................................ 5-10
SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility........................... 5-11
SPEED Utility................................................................ 5-12
Show Speed Switch ................................................... 5-12
Using the SPEED Utility............................................ 5-12
Power-Saving Utilities 5-1