Controlling Power Management
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Controlling Power Management
The PowerPanel utility allows you to control the power management of
your notebook computer and provides key information about system
activity and battery life. The following sections briefly describe how to
conserve your computer’s battery power. You can also refer to the
PowerPanel Help for more detailed information.
Power Management Settings
PowerPanel provides settings ranging from maximum power
management to no power management. The available settings include:
Maximum Performance –
Provides the best system
performance while still conserving power.
Maximum Battery Life –
Provides power saving features
to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It
sets a slower clock speed and puts the system into system
suspend mode after a specified time period.
Power Management Off –
Turns off all power
management features such as system idle, system suspend,
and system hibernation modes. This is the normal state of the
system. If you disable power management, the system
remains in this state until you turn off the power.
AC Profile
–
The power management state when AC power
is in use. Similar to the Power Management Off setting.
PowerPanel automatically loads the AC profile unless you
disable this feature.
System Idle –
Puts the system into standby mode, a power
management state. When the system enters idle mode, the
hard disk and video display enter a low power state. The
CPU clock and the processor stop.
System Suspend –
Puts the system into suspend mode, a
power management state that saves the state of the system
and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power
consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains
on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or
the power switch on your computer.
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