Compaq 1800 manual Saving Energy, What is Power Management?, Understanding Power Management

Power Management

Presario Notebooks have power-saving features that protect your data and conserve battery and monitor life.

Saving Energy

Congratulations! You are no longer a “new user”. Now you know how to use some of the fun, basic functions of your new Presario Notebook computer, like surfing the Web. Now, it’s time to learn about some advanced features, such as power management, Hibernation and Sleep modes.

What is Power Management?

This section explains the following:

•Understanding Power Management

•Starting and Ending Power Modes

•Power Management Settings

•Changing Power Management Settings

Understanding Power Management

Power management lets you reduce your Notebook power consumption. Your Notebook has two power management modes:

•Hibernation saves information to the hard drive and then turns off your Notebook. Your Notebook hibernates when the Power button is pressed, when the battery has little power left, or when your Notebook (operating on battery power) is in Sleep mode for more than one hour.

•Sleep, also called Standby, puts your Notebook in low-power mode. It is still on, but the display 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.

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