The table below lists the power management options. Additional information follows.

Power management options

Setting

Options

Description

 

 

 

 

Lets you enable power

Power

Enabled

Management

Disabled

management

at all times

 

 

or disable

it

completely

 

 

 

 

System Idle

Disabled

Lets you disable the Idle

 

Enabled*

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

system

Disabled

Lets you disable or set the

Standby

1 to 15

period or

inactivity

 

minutes;

before the Standby mode

 

2 minutes*

takes effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

system

Disabled

Lets you disable or set the

Suspend

1 to 15

period of inactivity

 

minutes;

(following Standby)

 

10 minutes*

before Suspend

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk

Disabled

Lets you disable or set the

Timeout

1 to 15

period of inactivity

 

minutes;

before the hard disk drive

 

5 minutes*

turns off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen

Disabled

Lets you disable or set the

Timeout

1 to15

period of inactivity

 

minutes;

before the

screen turns off

 

2 minutes*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low Battery

Suspend*

See "Customizing Power

 

Save to HDD

Management"

below

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

See "Customizing Power

Instant On

Enabled

 

Disabled*

Management"

below

 

 

 

 

Serial

Enabled*

Enables or disables power

Timeout

Disabled

reduction

when serial

 

 

device is

inactive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

Enabled*

Enables or disables power

Timeout

Disabled

reduction

when parallel

 

 

device is

inactive

 

 

 

 

FDD

Enabled*

Enables or disables power

Timeout

Disabled

reduction when diskette

 

 

drive is inactive

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Default setting

 

 

 

 

 

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