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Section 3
Power Management
Power Management is a set of power-saving features built into the Versa S. These features
conserve energy, maximize the life of the battery pack and LCD backlight, and protect
against data loss due to low battery power.
Versa S has two programs that work together to provide power management capabilities.
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Power Management Utility — accessed through the SCU
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Advanced Power Management (APM) — accessed through MS-DOS or Win-
dows.
This section describes the Power Management Utility and APM. It also provides guidelines
for extending battery life for the Versa S.
POWER MANAGEMENT UTILITY
The Power Management utility provides settings for various power-saving features. They
include:
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enable or disable Power Management
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set the system to go into Suspend mode automatically when closing the LCD
panel
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specify time-outs for the CPU, LCD, and hard disk before going into Suspend
mode
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stipulate many other power-saving features.
Accessing the Power Management Utility
Access Power Management with one of the following methods. (Do not try to access this
utility from Windows.)
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Use the function key combination
Fn-F8
to go directly into Power Management.
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From the DOS prompt, press Ctrl-Alt-S to access the SCU Main menu. From the
menu bar, highlight “Power Mgmt” and press Enter .