PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE CARING FOR YOUR BATTERY 7-9
1400 SERIES
Power
Management
Presario Notebooks have
power-saving features that
protect your data and conserve
battery and monitor life.
Saving Energy
Con
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ratulations! You are no lon
g
er a “new user.” Now
y
ou
know how to use some of the fun, basic functions of
y
our new
Presario Notebook computer, like surfin
g
the Web. Now, it’s
time to learn about some advanced features, such as power
mana
g
ement, Hibernation, and Sleep modes.
What is Power Management?
This section explains the followin
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:
•Understandin
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Power Mana
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ement
•Startin
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and Endin
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Power Modes
•Power Mana
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ement Settin
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s
•Chan
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in
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Power Mana
g
ement Settin
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s
Understanding Power Management
Power mana
g
ement lets
y
ou reduce
y
our Notebook power
consumption. Your Notebook has two power
mana
g
ement modes:
•Hibernation saves information to the hard drive
and then turns off
y
our Notebook. Your Notebook
hibernates when the Power button is pressed, when the
batter
y
has little power left, or when
y
our Notebook
(operatin
g
on batter
y
power) is in Sleep mode for more
than one hour.
•Sleep, also called Standb
y
, puts
y
our Notebook in low-
power mode. It is still on, but the displa
y
appears blank.
Caution: Although Sleep mode maintains system information and
open files, you will lose any unsaved information if you turn off
your Notebook before you end the Sleep mode.