User's Manual
10
Power
management
This
co
mp
uter
ha
s
a
built-
i
n
po
wer
management
unit
that
monitors
sy
stem
activit
y.
Sy
stem
activit
y
refers
to
any
ac
tivity
involving
on
e
or
m
o
re
of
th
e
follo
wing
dev
i
ces:
key
bo
ard,
m
ouse,
h
a
rd
d
i
sk,
periph
erals
co
nnected
to
th
e
c
o
mp
ute
r
,
a
nd
v
i
de
o
me
m
o
ry
.
I
f
no
a
c
ti
vi
ty
i
s
detected
for
a
period
of
time
(call
e
d
an
inac
t
i
vity
tim
e
ou
t
),
th
e
c
o
m
puter
stops
some
o
r
all
of
these
devices
in
orde
r
to
con
s
erve
energy.
This
computer
employs
a
power
manage
ment
scheme
t
h
at
supports
the
advanc
ed
con
f
igu
r
a
t
io
n
an
d
po
wer
in
terf
ac
e
(
A
CP
I),
which
allows
for
maximum
power
cons
e
r
vation
and
ma
x
i
mum
perfo
rmance
at
the
same
time.
Windows
h
a
nd
l
e
s
a
ll
powe
r-s
av
i
ng
c
h
ores
for
y
ou
r
c
o
m
puter.
Acer
PowerSmart
key
No
te:
Th
is
f
e
at
u
r
e
is
on
ly
av
ailab
l
e
on
certain
mod
e
ls.
The
A
c
er
PowerSmart
key
u
s
es
th
e
power-
savi
ng
featu
r
es
of
y
our
co
mp
uter's
grap
hics
sub
-
sy
stem
to
red
u
ce
o
ve
r
all
powe
r
c
onsu
m
p
t
i
on.
W
h
en
yo
u
p
r
ess
th
e
Acer
Po
werSm
a
rt
key,
th
e
screen
b
r
igh
t
n
e
ss
is
r
e
duced
an
d
the
graph
i
cs
chip
switched
to
a
lo
wer
s
p
eed;
PCI
an
d
WLAN
s
w
itch
to
power-saving
modes.
Press
the
Ac
er
PowerSmart
key
again
to
re
turn
to
your
prev
i
ous
settings.