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CAUTION
HDD Motor Timeout: When the hard disk drive is not accessed for more than a
minute, the hard disk motor is turned off.
ECO Mode Timeout: If there is no input from a key, the touch pad, or the mouse
for more than two minutes, the power to the LCD is cut and
the hard disk motor is turned off. Even when an application
software is being installed, the computer may enter the ECO
mode.
Power Management settings
* Enabled only when the battery itself is being used.
** is displayed by pressing Fn + F8 to disable the power management function.
When installed in a network environment.
Be sure to disable the suspend/hibernation timeout settings with the Setup Utility.
After resuming operation from the suspend or hibernation mode, the network con-
nection may be severed or the computer will not work properly.
When a device like a high-speed modem or ISDN terminal adapter is connected
to the serial port, etc.
There are times when high-speed communication is adversely affected if the power
management function is enabled. Please confirm that is displayed by press-
ing F8 to disable the power management function. After you have
finished using a communications device, you can enable the power management
function by pressing
Key operation and music playback.
When the power management function is running, you may feel that key or touch
pad (or mouse) operations are sluggish. Furthermore, music may not be played
back correctly when entering the ECO mode during playback.
1 min 1 min 1 min Never
1 min 2 min 2 min Never
Enable Enable Disable Disable
HDD Motor Timeout
ECO Mode Timeout
Power Conservation
(AC Adapter Connected)
Popup window display by
pressing Fn + F8
Advanced
Standard
(Battery/AC Adapter)
Standard
(Battery)*
OFF
Power Management
Functions
automatically set
**
(Setting at the time of purchase)
Fn + F8 .
Fn +
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