HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop Battery Power Saving Tips
Laptop Battery Power Saving Tips for HP Pavilion DV6 Notebook
Decrease LCD brightness – The LCD panel assembly contains a fluorescent lamp which illuminates the LCD screen. This fluorescent lamp consumes a substantial amount of power. Therefore, decreasing LCD brightness helps preserve battery power.
Turn power off to Serial device if it is not in use. The serial port and IR can both be turned off in ThinkPad Features.
Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management – To get the most computing time from each battery recharge, you need to conserve battery power without compromising computing power. With the Battery MaxiMiser wizard, you can adjust your power settings to give you the best balance between performance and power saving.
Note: Using the Battery MaxiMiser Gauge icon with Windows XP or Windows 2000
In Windows XP or Windows 2000, multiple users can log on to a single operating system by using different user IDs. If you use an administrator user ID, you can create your own HP pavilion dv6 extended laptop battery power Scheme.
If you log on to the system with the user ID of an administrator who was registered as the default administrator when Windows XP or Windows 2000 was installed, and if you then double-click the Battery MaxiMiser Gauge icon, the following happens:
- If you have created an Extended Power Scheme for the administrator’s user ID, that scheme is displayed.
- If you have not created an Extended Power Scheme for the administrator’s user ID, the predefined scheme is displayed.
If you log on to the system with any other administrator’s user ID, and double-click the Battery MaxiMiser Gauge icon, the following happens:
- If you have created an Extended Power Scheme for the user ID, that scheme is displayed.
- If you have not created an Extended Power Scheme for the user ID, no scheme is displayed. You can create one for this user ID. Start the Battery MaxiMiser wizard. The predefined scheme is displayed.
Extended life batteries are available for most systems designed for longer battery life.
HP Pavilion DV5 Laptop Battery Power saving modes
Power saving modes are recommended when the system is not in use. These modes can be used at anytime to conserve power without exiting applications or saving files prior to use. The following three power saving modes are provided by ThinkPad system:
| Screen blank | LCD is turned off. |
| Suspend/Standby | All tasks are stopped and stored in memory. All devices except memory are turned off. |
| Hibernation | All tasks are stopped and memory data and current status of the computer are stored on the HD, then the power is turned off. |
To use Standby, Suspend or Hibernation mode, do either of following.
| Screen blank | Press the keyboard function key combination Fn + F3, or set the standby timer at power management at ThinkPad utility. To turn the display on again, press any key or press the TrackPoint pointing stick. |
| Suspend/Standby | Press the keyboard function key combination Fn + F4, close LCD panel, set suspend timer at power management at ThinkPad utility, click suspend icon at battery meter. To return from standby mode, press the Fn key. |
| Hibernation | Press the keyboard function key combination Fn + F12, click hibernation icon in battery meter, or set hibernation condition at suspend/hibernation/resume option in ThinkPad Features. To resume your session, press the power button for no more than 4 seconds. |
Note: In order for hibernation to work, Hibernation must be enabled. Also, hibernation uses disk space. See your User’s Guide for details.
By setting the standby or the suspend timer, the system enters standby or suspend automatically when the system is not used for the time set by the timer.
When using Hibernation, you can select from several options for Hibernation from the Suspend/Hibernation/Resume icon in ThinkPad Features. For more information on those features, consult the User’s Guide.
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