Using the Green PC Features

Select Green PC Features from the Main Menu to view the Green PC Features screen. The options on this screen allow you to control the computer’s Energy Star compliant, power-saving features described in the table below. For more information about the energy-saving operations of your computer, see “Using Your Green PC Features” in Chapter 3.

Green PC options

Option

Settings

Description

 

 

 

Power Saving

Enabled *

Enables or disables all of the

Mode

Disabled

computer’s power-saving

 

 

features: you must enable this

 

 

option to set the rest of the

 

 

features described in this table

 

 

 

System Doze Timer

15 seconds *

Sets the time period of system

 

30 seconds

inactivity after which the system

 

1 minute

enters Doze mode or allows you

 

2 minutes

to disable entry into Doze mode

 

4 minutes

 

 

8 minutes

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

System Standby

2 minutes*

Sets the time period of system

Timer

4 minutes

inactivity (following the Doze

 

8 minutes

period) after which the system

 

16 minutes

enters Standby mode or allows

 

32 minutes

you to disable entry into

 

64 minutes

Standby mode

 

128 minutes

 

 

256 minutes

 

 

512 minutes

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

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