User`s guide

Power and Your Computer
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Power Management Modes
Your notebook computer is factory-configured with preset power management values. If
you are not an advanced user, start by using the factory-configured power management
settings. If you find that the factory settings do not fit your specific needs, enter the
BIOS Setup Program and make the needed changes.
If you choose to set your own power saving features, you should understand how it
affects battery run time and system performance before changing a setting.
The power management features are designed to conserve as much battery power as
possible by putting the notebook’s components into a low power consumption mode as
often as possible. These low power modes are referred to as Standby and Suspend.
Standby Mode
In this mode, user components such as the HDD, FDD or CD-ROM drive and the LCD
back-lit display are powered off and the CPU speed is reduced. Other components,
transparent to the user, are put in their lowest active states.
Standby Mode is entered:
• Automatically when the system remains idle for the period of time specified in the
Standby Time-out field of the BIOS Setup Program.
• Manually by pressing the [fn + esc] key combination.
Standby Mode is exited by any of the following actions:
• Modem ring (if Resume on Modem ring is enabled in the BIOS)
• Pressing any key on the keyboard
• Touch pad or externally connected mouse activity
• Serial or parallel port activity
• PC Card activity