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Table B-4. Power Menu Options

Option	Function
Power Manage-	Disabled (default) turns off power management.
ment Mode	Customized allows you to control each power management
	setting. Max. Power Savings conserves the maximum
	amount of system power, and Max. Performance conserves
	power but allows the greatest system performance.
Standby Time-out	Lets you determine how long the computer remains idle (no
	I/O activity) before activating standby mode to conserve
	battery power. Settings for this option are Disabled (default),
	1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4 Minutes, 6 Minutes, 8 Minutes,
	12 Minutes, and 16 Minutes. To increase battery operating
	time, set this option to a lower number of minutes. Press
	any key on the integrated keyboard to resume normal
	computer operation.
	NOTE: Set this option to Disabled if it causes compatibility
	problems with your software.
Suspend Time-out	Lets you determine how long the computer remains idle
	(no I/O activity) before activating save-to-disk suspend
	mode. Settings for this option are Disabled, 5 Minutes, 10
	Minutes, 15 Minutes, 20 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 40 Min-
	utes, and	60 Minutes. To increase battery operating
	time, set this option to a lower number of minutes.
	NOTE: Set this option to Disabled if it causes compatibility
	problems with your software.
Suspend Mode	When set to Save to RAM (default), the computer
	conserves battery power by entering standby mode by
	stopping almost all computer activity, but leaves the com-
	puter ready to resume operations in seconds. Resume

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computer activity by pressing the power button (the com- puter may take several seconds to return to normal operation).

When set to Save to Disk, the computer copies all system data to a reserved area on the hard-disk drive and then turns off all power to the computer. When the computer resumes normal operation, the same programs will be running and the same files will be open that were loaded before you activated this mode. Use save-to-disk suspend mode to conserve battery power or to preserve system data by quickly saving it to the hard-disk drive if you are about to run out of battery power.

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the

system Help.

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