thanks Ibraham. What happens after I press the F2? or is it all self-explanatory once it is being done? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: NC10 Battery Life Hi. Battery life depends significantly upon what your doing. You may find that turning down the brightness, turning off the backlight and using your computer for light tasks such as word processing, email and internet browsing rather than for multimedia applications will extend the battery life significantly. Also, if you use the internet and are using a hard wired connection, turning off the wireless facility will help as well. If you still feel the battery life isn't satisfactory, you might like to consider doing a battery calibration test. This test will determine how well your battery is performing and how accurate it is reporting remaining capacity and charge. You can do battery calibration through the system setup screen you reach through tapping F2 before windows boots. You will probably need sighted assistance if you can't see the screen without magnification. ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Burke To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:56 PM Subject: [access-uk] NC10 Battery Life I have read for the past couple of weeks how everyone gets so much time out of the battery on the NC10. I am using mine on battery this evening for the first time and trying to see how much I can use it before having to recharge. I would say I will have no more than 3 and a half hours. Now what has everyone done to make the battery life longer? Eleanor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM