Nec VERSA BATTERY-POWERED SYSTEM OPERATION guide

NEC Versa

®

Battery-Powered System Operation

In th e Microsoft® Windows® 2000 environment, the default power management setting
for a critical low battery state is Standby. Standby does not power down your system to
conserve battery power.

NEC Corporation of America recommends that you change the Windows 2000 Standby

default setting for a critical low battery state to Hibernate. Hibernate prevents data loss
during battery-powered system operation.

The power management state Hibernate or Save-To-File (STF) saves the system’s
current working environment to the system’s hard drive, then powers down the system
to conserve battery power. You can configure your power management settings to enter
hibernation when your system reaches a critical low battery state.

Change the Windows 2000 Standby de fault powe r management setting
for a criti cal lo w battery state to Hibernate. The Hibernate s ettin g preven ts data loss duri ng
battery-powered system operation.

Follow these steps to modify the default setting for a critical low battery state:

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Start

Click

, point to
Double click
Click the

Alarm Action

Power Options

Settings

, and click

and select t he

Control Panel

Alarm

tab.

.

button in the Critical Battery Alarm section.

Use the dropdown box labeled “When the alarm goes off, the computer will:” to
change the default setting to

Hibernate

.
Click OK to exit Alarm Actions.
Click OK to exit Power Options.
Clo se the Control P anel .

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