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Power Management

The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system’s power management feature.

The following screen shows the parameters on the Power Management screen:

Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

Power

Allows you to reduce power consump-

Management

tion. When this parameter is set to

Mode

Enabled, you can configure the IDE hard

 

disk and system timers. Setting it to Dis-

 

abled deactivates the power-management

 

feature and its timers.

Enabled

Disabled

IDE Hard Disk

Allows the hard disk to enter standby

Standby Timer

mode after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes,

 

depending on your setting. When you

 

access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 sec-

 

onds (depending on the hard disk) for the

 

disk to return to normal speed. Set this

 

parameter to Off if your hard disk does not

 

support this function.

Off

1minute

15minutes

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Acer R500 manual Power Management, Off