User guide

Power Management
Overview 3 - 1
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Chapter 3: Power Management
Overview
To conserve power, especially when using the battery, your computer power man-
agement conserves power by controlling individual components of the computer
(the monitor and hard disk drive) or the whole system.
This chapter covers:
• AC/DC Adapter
• Turning On the Computer
• Power Plans
• Power-Saving States
• Configuring the Power Buttons
The computer uses enhanced power saving techniques to give the operating system
(OS) direct control over the power and thermal states of devices and processors. For
example, this enables the OS to set devices into low-power states based on user set-
tings and information from applications.
Using some form of power management greatly increases the life span of the
LCD.
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OS Note
Power management
functions will vary slight-
ly depending on your
operating system. For
more information it is
best to refer to the user’s
manual of your operat-
ing system.
(Note: All pictures used
on the following pages
are from the Windows 8
OS.)
Power Options
Power management in
Windows is configured
from Power Options
(Hardware and
Sound), which can be
accessed from the Con-
trol Panel (see page 1 -
21).