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Table B-4. Power Menu Options
Option Function
Power Manage-
ment Mode
Disabled (default) turns off power management.
Customized allows you to control each power management
setting. Max. Power Savings conserves the maximum
amount of system power, and Max. Performance conserves
power but allows the greatest system performance.
Standby Time-out Lets you determine how long the computer remains idle (no
I/O activity) before activating standby mode to conserve
battery power. Settings for this option are Disabled (default),
1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4 Minutes, 6 Minutes, 8 Minutes,
12 Minutes, and
16 Minutes. To increase battery operating
time, set this option to a lower number of minutes. Press
any key on the integrated keyboard to resume normal
computer operation.
NOTE: Set this option to Disabled if it causes compatibility
problems with your software.
Suspend Time-out Lets you determine how long the computer remains idle
(no I/O activity) before activating save-to-disk suspend
mode. Settings for this option are Disabled, 5 Minutes, 10
Minutes, 15 Minutes, 20Minutes, 30 Minutes, 40 Min-
utes, and 60 Minutes. To increase battery operating
time, set this option to a lower number of minutes.
NOTE: Set this option to Disabled if it causes compatibility
problems with your software.
Suspend Mode When set to Save to RAM (default), the computer
conserves battery power by entering standby mode by
stopping almost all computer activity, but leaves the com-
puter ready to resume operations in seconds. Resume
normal
computer activity by pressing the power button (the com-
puter may take several seconds to return to normal
operation).
When set to Save to Disk, the computer copies all system
data to a reserved area on the hard-disk drive and then turns
off all power to the computer. When the computer resumes
normal operation, the same programs will be running and
the same files will be open that were loaded before you
activated this mode. Use save-to-disk suspend mode to
conserve battery power or to preserve system data by
quickly saving it to the hard-disk drive if you are about to run
out of battery power.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the
system Help.