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Customizing your computer
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When you use the battery pack as power source, your system selects the
Maximum Battery Life
power management profile by default. If you select
a different power management profile while using battery power, the same profile will automatically be selected the next time you use the battery
pack to power your computer.
Activating power management profiles
PowerPanel provides several predefined
power management profiles
. Each profile consists of a group of
power management settings that are designed to meet specific power management goals, ranging from
maximum power management to no power management.
Main preset profiles
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Description
Maximum Battery Life –
Provides power saving features
to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It
reduces the brightness of the display and puts the system
into
Standby
mode after a specified time period.
Maximum Performance –
Provides the best system
performance while still conserving power.
AC Power –
The power management state when AC power
is in use. PowerPanel automatically loads the AC profile
unless you disable this feature.
Power Management Off –
Turns off all power
management features such as
Standby
and
Hibernate
modes.
Ultimate Battery Life –
Provides power saving features to
give you maximum battery life and good performance.