Sony VAIO PCG-FX240, User Manual

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Displaying Battery Information
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Conserving Battery Power
When using the notebook with a battery, the LCD display and the hard drive can
be set to switch off automatically to conserve battery power.
See “Power Management Profiles” for more information.
Displaying Battery Information
You can display information for each of the batteries in your notebook. The
following sections briefly describe how to display your notebook’s general
battery information. Refer to PowerPanel Help for more detailed information.
To activate the Battery Information toolbar
1 Right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
2 Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, then click Battery Information. The
Battery Information toolbar appears on the taskbar.
Icon Description
Standby
Puts the system into Standby 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 button on your
notebook.
Hibernate
Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the
state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the
system power. To return the system to the original state, use the power
button to turn on power. The system saves the data in the Save to Disk
Partition on the hard drive.
LCD (Video) Standby (Windows Me™ only)
Turns off the video display to save power. If you turn off the Video
Standby timer, the display remains active except when the system enters
Standby mode. The video display system is one of the largest consumers
of power in the system.