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Power Management

Your computer supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) for power management. The power management feature allows you to reduce the power consumption for energy saving.

With an ACPI-compliant operating system such as Windows, power supply to different computer components is controlled on an as-needed basis. This allows maximum power conservation and performance at the same time.

In general, Windows’ power management works in this way:

What...	When...
Power to the hard disk is turned	When the hard disk has been idle for a
off	set period.
Power to the display is turned off	When the display has been idle for a
	set period.
The computer enters the Sleep	When the entire system has been idle
mode. The hard disk and display	for a set period.
are turned off and the entire
	When you manually activate the mode.
system consumes less power.
The computer enters the	When the entire system has been idle
Hibernation mode. (See the next	for a set period.
subsection for more information.)
	When you manually activate the mode.

For detailed information on power management, see Windows’ Help.

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