Toshiba Satellite A210 Laptop User Manual


 
Introduction
1-12 User’s Manual
I
NTRODUCTION
Battery save mode This feature lets you save battery power. You can spec-
ify the Power Save Mode in the Profile item in
TOSHIBA Power Saver.
Panel power on/off This feature turns power to the computer off when the
display panel is closed and turns it back on when the
panel is opened. You can specify the setting in the When
I close the lid item of the Setup Action tab in TOSHIBA
Power Saver.
Low battery auto-
matic hibernation
When battery power is exhausted to the point that com-
puter operation cannot be continued, the system auto-
matically enters Hibernation and shuts down. You can
specify the setting in the Setup Action tab in TOSHIBA
Power Saver.
Heat dispersal To protect from overheating, the CPU has an internal
temperature sensor. If the computer’s internal tempera-
ture rises to a certain level, the cooling fan is turned on
or the processing speed is lowered. Use the Cooling
Method item of the Basic Setup tab in TOSHIBA Power
Saver.
Maximum
Performance
Turns on fan first, then if necessary
lowers CPU processing speed.
Battery
optimized
Lowers the CPU processing speed
first, then if necessary turns on the
fan.
Hibernation This feature lets you turn off the power without exiting
from your software. The contents of main memory are
saved to the hard disk, when you turn on the power
again, you can continue working right where you left
off. Refer to the Turning off the power section in Chap-
ter 3, Getting Started, for details.
Sleep If you have to interrupt your work, you can turn off the
power without exiting from your software. Data is
maintained in the computer’s main memory. When you
turn on the power again, you can continue working right
where you left off.