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Software Guide
Power
When you choose a Power Scheme, you are setting the AC power
and battery power modes shown in the following table. No other
user intervention is required to control the performance of your
notebook processor.
Power Scheme
Processor
Performance
while on External
Power
Processor
Performance
while on Battery
Power
Home/Office Desk
Always runs at the
highest
performance state.
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
Portable/Laptop
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
Presentation
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
Starts at lowest
performance state,
then uses linear
performance
reduction
(stop-clock
throttling) as the
battery discharges.
Always On
Always runs at
the highest
performance state.
Always runs at
the highest
performance state.
Minimal Power
Management
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
Performance state
is determined
based on CPU
demand.
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