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Managing Power
Part Number: 228988-003 File Name: CH5.DOC
Writer: Lorise Fazio Saved Date: 09/18/96 12:25 PM
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Custom: Saves battery power according to your specifications by
setting timeouts. This setting remains in effect until you change
it. (See the following section for more information on timeouts.)
NOTE
:
High, Medium, Drain, or Custom settings remain in effect
until you change them.
Setting a Timeout
Timeouts are specified periods of system or component inactivity
designed to conserve power. When a timeout period has expired,
battery conservation shuts down the system or the specified
components to save power.
For example, the hard disk idle default timeout is two minutes. If an
application does not access information on the hard disk for two
minutes, the hard disk shuts down until it is accessed again.
Timeouts are set through the Conservation Settings or Hibernation
tabs in Power Properties. Use timeouts in the following ways:
1. Use a preset timeout provided with the medium (default) or high
level of battery conservation.
2. Set your own timeouts through the custom level of battery
conservation so that the computer works more efficiently with
your applications.
NOTE
:
Programs with the autosave feature, or those that automatically
write data to the hard disk, can cause the hard disk timer to reset when
data is written to the hard disk
.