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Customizing your notebook
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For more information about each option, click
Help
on the
Notebook Setup
screen to display the help file.
Managing power
The
PowerPanel
utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information
about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous
profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of
extended battery life.
PowerPanel
has the following features:
Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application;
Ability to select special Power Profiles manually from the menu;
Ability to edit and create new profiles;
Ability to display detailed battery information;
It works in harmony with your Windows settings.
Initial Setting
Selects the drive and device order you wish to use for loading the operating system. You can specify
the hard drive as well as other drives inserted into your computer. You can change the volume of
the sounds while the operating system is loading.
Touchpad
When you connect an optional mouse to your computer, you can disable your touchpad. You can
also customize your mouse settings using the mouse utility.
Power On Password
Sets the password to secure your computer.
Enable Ports
Disables port release resources to the system. To change the serial settings, click
Advanced
on the
Basic/ Advanced
tab.
Basic/Advanced
Toggles between
Advanced
mode (additional screens with advanced settings) and
Basic
mode of
display.
Advanced
mode includes
Serial
and
View Resources
tabs.
Tab
Description
