ECS GQ Notebook, User Manual

Page: 49 / 117

Control Panel Interface
AMD PowerNow!
TM
Technology and Windows
®
XP
To take advantage of AMD’s power management capabilities, Microsoft integrated support
for AMD PowerNow! Technology into its new Windows
®
XP operating system. The power
management control panel in Windows
®
XP, know as “PowerScheme”, is designed to
provide the user with easy-to –use interface. The Power Schemes tab can be found in the
Power Options Properties panel that is accessible via the control panel window.
The Windows XP Power Scheme tab gives the user access to the same performance on
demand control that you’ve come to expect from AMD PowerNow! Technology. Schemes
are easy to understand
，
based on Mobile PC usage scenarios
，
and control not only
processor power usage but other system peripherals as well.
Always on mode puts the processor into maximum performance mode. The other schemes
control processor performance based on demand.
The screen shot to the right shows an example of the
Power Schemes tab found in Power Options Properties
of the Wndows XP operating system.
-
47 -