Configuring Your Notebook
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FeatureSettingsComments
Auto Suspend | Off |
Timeout | Selected times |
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Suspend Mode | Suspend to RAM* |
| Save to Disk |
This option allows you to specify a period of time the system is in Standby before entering Suspend.
Suspend is similar to Standby except all devices are powered down (with the exception of system memory, if Suspend Mode is set to Suspend to RAM). To resume operation, press the Suspend/Power button.
This option allows you select the type of Suspend Mode the system will enter when the Auto Suspend Timeout timer expires. If you choose Save to Disk, the system will save all application settings, data and memory to the hard drive, then completely power off the system. If you choose Suspend to RAM, the system will save all application settings and data to system memory, then power off all other devices (except system memory).
Hard Disk Timeout | Disabled | This option allows you to specify a period of |
| Selected times | time the hard disk drive must be inactive before |
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| it spins down. |
Video Timeout | Disabled |
| Selected times |
Cooling Mode | PassiveàActive* |
| ActiveàPassive |
This option allows you to specify a period of time the system must be inactive before the LCD backlight is turned off.
This option determines the order in which the cooling systems are triggered as the system temperature increases. PassiveàActive throttles down the CPU first, then turns on the cooling fan. ActiveàPassive turns on the cooling fan first, then throttles down the CPU.
*Factory default setting | Continued |
