Power Menu Options
Options for the Power menu are described in Table
Caution
Power savings options should be set to the most conservative values possible for your application; doing so extends battery life and lowers internal temperatures of the pen tablet.
Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users: Windows 98/2000 are
WIndows NT users: Power management should be disabled in the BIOS, and the Plug & Play OS selection under the Advanced BIOS menu should be set to Yes.
Table 3-14. BIOS Setup Power Savings Options
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Power Savings | Disabled | Select [Maximum Power Savings] to use a power management | ||
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| profile designed to maximize battery life. |
| Customized |
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| Select [Maximum Performance] to configure the system to use a |
| Maximum Power | power management profile designed for maximum system | ||
| Savings | performance. | ||
| Maximum | Select [Customized] to edit power management BIOS options | ||
| Performance | directly and create a custom power management profile. | ||
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| Select [Disabled] to use no power management (all devices remain |
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| fully on). |
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Hard Disk Timeout | Off | Determines the amount of time elapsed with no hard disk drive | ||
| 30 | Seconds | activity before the hard disk drive is spun down. Select [Off] to keep | |
| 1 | Minute | the hard disk fully powered (always spinning) while the system is | |
| 2 | Minutes | running. Note that the hard disk drive is more vulnerable to shock | |
| 4 | Minutes | and vibration damage when it is spinning. | |
| 6 | Minutes |
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| 8 | Minutes |
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| 10 | Minutes |
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| 15 | Minutes |
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| 20 | Minutes |
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Display Timeout | Off | Use this option to determine the amount of time the user input | ||
| 2 | Minutes | devices are inactive before the screen is turned off automatically. | |
| 4 | Minutes |
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| 6 | Minutes | This setting affects any external video monitor as well as the pen | |
| 8 | Minutes | tablet display screen. | |
| 10 | Minutes |
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| 15 | Minutes | Select [Off] to keep the video system fully powered while the | |
| 20 | Minutes | system is running. | |
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BIOS Setup | 21 |