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5-12 Managing Power
COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED
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Setting Power Preferences
You can increase, decrease, and allocate the power used by the
computer by setting power preferences.
■ Increasing power increases performance, while decreasing
power conserves energy and extends battery operating time.
■ By decreasing power to unused components and functions, you
can allocate more power to the components and functions you
are currently using.
Many power preferences are timeout settings.
■ A timeout is the period of inactivity before the system initiates
a power change or reduces power to a component. For
example, the computer is preset to initiate Suspend (Standby)
after a period of inactivity. The time interval between when
you stop using the computer and the onset of system-initiated
Suspend (Standby) is a Suspend (Standby) timeout
■ Depending on your operating system, you can set timeouts that
are specific to various conditions, components, or procedures
as well as specify the duration of those timeouts.
The following tables list power preference procedures that are not
described in your operating system documentation.
■ For additional power preference options, refer to your
operating system documentation.
■ For a summary of power preference settings that extend
battery operating time, refer to “Conserving Battery Power”
later in this chapter.