35
35
Managing power settings
Your UMPC allows you to control and manage the power settings to save battery
power, maximize system performance, or to achieve both.
Selecting a power plan
Your UMPC provides you with power plans, which are collections of power
management settings. These power plans make use of the ASUS Power4 Gear
eXtreme, an ASUS utility that allows you to adjust system settings such as display
brightness and CPU frequency to maximize performance as well as to extend battery
life.
To select a power plan:
1. From your UMPC screen, go to
>
Control Panel
>
Classic View
>
Power
Options.
2. Select a power plan from these three existing power plans:
Power Plan
Description
Power4 Gear Entertainment
Provides high performance and saves battery
power for online gaming or playing DVD.
Power4 Gear Battery Saving
Provides the longest battery life and reduces
your UMPC’s performance where possible.
Power4 Gear High Performance
Maximizes your UMPC’s performance, but
provides the shortest battery life.
3. To adjust the plan’s settings, click Change plan settings. You may adjust the plan’s
sleep and display settings when your UMPC is
on battery
or
plugged in
.
For more advanced settings, click
Change advanced power settings
.
Summary of Contents for R50A
Page 1: ...R50A User Manual Ultra Mobile PC ...
Page 49: ...3 Multimedia features Using the Windows Media Center Using the camera In this chapter ...
Page 65: ...5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting In this chapter ...
Page 68: ...6868 ...
Page 69: ...Appendices Notices ASUS Contact information In this chapter ...