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Computing on The Road
HDD Motor Timeout/ECO Mode Timeout
If there is no input from a key, the touch pad, touchscreen or a mouse for more
than two minutes, the power to the LCD is cut and the hard disk motor is turned
off. Even when an application software is being installed or a disc is being ac-
cessed, the computer may enter the ECO mode (except when the [Power Man-
agement Mode] is set to [Disable]).
Power Management settings
*
Enabled only when the battery itself is being used.
**
is displayed by pressing
Fn
+
F8
to disable the power management
function.
The
Fn
+
F8
key combination may not function during certain operations, such
as during HDD/SDD/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM access. Operability can be checked by con-
firming that
or
is being displayed ).
By pressing the
Fn
+
F8
key combination, Standby/Hibernation Timeout does not work.
2 min
2 min
Never
2 min
2 min
Never
HDD motor timeout
ECO mode timeout
Popup window display by
pressing Fn + F8
Enable (Always) Enable(Battery)*
Disable
Power Management
Functions
automatically set
**
(Setting at the time of
purchase)
When the power management setting is disabled or [Suspend/Hibernation
Timeout] is set to [Never] in the Setup Utility, does not work.
In this case,
is always displayed by pressing .
Even when a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM is running, the computer enters the
ECO Mode with the ECO Mode Timeout.
NOTE
Fn
+
F8
Fn
+
F8
Windows NT
Confirm that Phoenix APM 2.0 for Windows NT
®
is installed. (If [APM 2.0 for NT] is
displayed in [Control Panel], this means that the program is installed.) If the program
is not installed, be sure to install it.
(To install the Phoenix APM 2.0 for Windows NT
®
, execute the following procedure.
In [Start] - [Run], input [c:\util\drivers\apm\setup.exe], then press [OK]. Follow the on-
screen instructions.)
Enabling Power Conservation
Windows NT
The LCD will be powered off.
To resume, press any key.
(On this screen, the condition the power of the
display is off is called “standby”.)
The computer will enter the standby mode.
To resume, press the power switch.
(On this screen, “standby” is called “suspend”.)