Saving Battery Power
Your battery pack should be useful for approximately 3 years, or 300
charge-discharge cycles. The number of years or charge-discharge
cycles might vary depending on how efficiently you use your
computer. This section describes the following:
How to use the power management modes
How to use other battery saving methods
Using the Power Management Modes
Your ThinkPad computer has three power management modes to
save the battery power. You can use your computer under battery
power for a considerable length of time by using these power
management modes:
Attention
Do not enter suspend or hibernation mode when your computer
is doing any of the following:
Playing or recording audio
Playing a movie
Playing a game
Running any other multimedia application
Stop these applications before entering suspend or hibernation
mode.
Standby Mode
In standby mode, the LCD turns off. Also, if a power-saving
monitor (Energy Star Monitor) is in use when the computer
enters standby mode, the computer activates the monitor's
low-power mode.
You can also enter this mode by pressing the Fn+F3 keys.
To return to normal operation, press any key or move the
TrackPoint.
Suspend Mode
In this mode, your computer stops all tasks and stores all data in
memory. You can enter suspend mode by:
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