1-18 Introduction
Table 1-7 Boot Setup Power Savings Menu
Item
Function
Power Saving
This option allows you to enable or disable power manage-
ment.
Select
Disabled
, all other power management settings are ig-
nored and disabled as well.
Select
Disabled ON AC
, the power management is disabled
only when the computer is powered by the AC adapter, but
will enable the power management while on battery.
Select Enabled, the power management is enabled all the
time.
Standby Time-out
This option allows you to specify the length of time the system
will be in the Idle Mode before entering the Standby Mode.
Standby Mode Places the Serial, infrared and parallel ports,
floppy drive, and hard drive into a power saving mode.
Possible values include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8,
or
16 minutes.
Auto Suspend
Time-out
This option allows you to specify the length of time the system
will be in the Standby Mode before entering the SUSPEND
Mode.
Possible values include
Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8,
or
16 minutes.
SUSPEND Mode
This option allows you to enable SUSPEND Mode.
Select
Save to File
, the computer will save data to the hard
drive.
It is important to have a hidden file on the hard drive when
enabling this; otherwise an error message will appear on the
display screen when the system restarts.
Select
SUSPEND
, the computer will save data to RAM
The computer will switch to the SUSPEND Mode after the
preset time of inactivity. During this SUSPEND Mode the
computer becomes inactive, all devices are in SUSPEND
Mode, and the CPU is powered off.