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Customizing your notebook
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Activating power management profiles
PowerPanel provides several predefined
power management profiles
. Each profile consists of a group of
specific power management settings that are designed to meet specific power management goals, ranging
from maximum power management to no power management.
Main preset profiles
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Description
Maximum Battery Life –
Provides power saving features to give
you maximum battery life and good performance. It reduces the
brightness of the display and puts it into
Standby
mode after a
specified time period.
Maximum Performance –
Provides the best system performance
while still conserving power.
AC Power –
The power management state when AC power is in use.
PowerPanel automatically loads the AC profile unless you disable
this feature.
Power Management Off –
Turns off all power management
features such as
Standby
and
Hibernate
modes.
