EUROCOM 2700-C, User Manual

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Power and Battery Information
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Chapter 3. Power and Battery Information
Power Management
You can manage power consumption while maintaining system performance by
setting your computer to one of the available power management modes. Infor-
mation on the various types of power management are listed below.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
The ACPI interface provides the computer with enhanced power saving tech-
niques and gives the operating system (OS) direct control over the power and
thermal states of devices and processors. For example, it enables the OS to set
devices into low-power states based on user settings and information from appli-
cations.
Advanced Power Management (APM 1.2)
To reduce power consumption, the system provides built-in Advanced Power
Management (APM 1.2). The APM function varies depending on your operat-
ing system (OS) and is available in Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me
and Windows 2000. Currently this model is not setup to support APM in the
Windows NT4.0 OS, but a driver can be supplied from your vendor if APM is
needed.
With APM 1.2 you can manage power consumption using the following: