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Video Power Down After:
This field can be set to
Disabled
or it can specify a timeout from 2 to 15 minutes.
If you do not operate the notebook and the screen is not changed for the time
specified, the built-in screen turns off. Any keystroke returns power to the screen.
Auto Suspend After:
This field can be set to
Disabled
or it can specify a timeout from 5 to 30 minutes.
If the notebook is not used for the time specified, it automatically suspends. The
notebook will suspend to disk or RAM, whichever value is selected in the next
field
Suspend Data To
. The timeout set in this field will not begin counting until
the timeout set in the field
Video Power Down After
has elapsed. If
Video Power
Down After
is disabled,
Auto Suspend
begins counting immediately.
Suspend Data To:
This field defines how the system suspends if the hot keys
Fn + F12
are pressed,
or if the timeout value in the field above,
Auto Suspend After
, elapses. You can
program the notebook to suspend to disk or to RAM.
Auto Save To Disk
If the field
Suspend Data To
is set to
Disk
, this field is not required and it is
automatically disabled. If
Suspend Data To
is set to RAM, then you can use this
field to program the notebook to automatically suspend to disk, after it has
suspended to RAM. The timeout that you install in this field does not start
counting until the timeout installed in
Auto Suspend After
has elapsed.
Battery Low Warning Beep
You can use this field to turn on or off the battery low warning beep that the
notebook makes when battery power is low.
System Power Management
Your notebook is installed with two kinds of power management. One kind is
transparent, and operates automatically. The other kind is user-selectable, and you
can use the Power page to program how it operates.