Power Menu Options

Options for the Power menu are described in Table 3-14.Default settings for most options in this menu differ depending on the setting selected for the Power Savings BIOS option. (Refer to Chapter 7 of this manual for more information on power management.)

Caution

Power savings options should be set to the most conservative values possible for your application; doing so extends battery life and lowers internal temperatures of the pen tablet.

Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users: Windows 98/2000 are pre-configured to use ACPI. Systems with ACPI enabled will not use power management settings configured in BIOS Setup. To configure power management settings in Windows 98 or Windows 2000, open Power Management in Control Panel and select the desired settings in the Power Management Properties window.

WIndows NT users: Power management should be disabled in the BIOS, and the Plug & Play OS selection under the Advanced BIOS menu should be set to Yes.

Table 3-14. BIOS Setup Power Savings Options

Option

 

 

Settings

Description

 

 

 

Power Savings

Disabled

Select [Maximum Power Savings] to use a power management

 

 

 

 

profile designed to maximize battery life.

 

Customized

 

 

 

 

 

Select [Maximum Performance] to configure the system to use a

 

Maximum Power

power management profile designed for maximum system

 

Savings

performance.

 

Maximum

Select [Customized] to edit power management BIOS options

 

Performance

directly and create a custom power management profile.

 

 

 

 

Select [Disabled] to use no power management (all devices remain

 

 

 

 

fully on).

 

 

 

Hard Disk Timeout

Off

Determines the amount of time elapsed with no hard disk drive

 

30

Seconds

activity before the hard disk drive is spun down. Select [Off] to keep

 

1

Minute

the hard disk fully powered (always spinning) while the system is

 

2

Minutes

running. Note that the hard disk drive is more vulnerable to shock

 

4

Minutes

and vibration damage when it is spinning.

 

6

Minutes

 

 

8

Minutes

 

 

10

Minutes

 

 

15

Minutes

 

 

20

Minutes

 

 

 

 

Display Timeout

Off

Use this option to determine the amount of time the user input

 

2

Minutes

devices are inactive before the screen is turned off automatically.

 

4

Minutes

 

 

6

Minutes

This setting affects any external video monitor as well as the pen

 

8

Minutes

tablet display screen.

 

10

Minutes

 

 

15

Minutes

Select [Off] to keep the video system fully powered while the

 

20

Minutes

system is running.

 

 

 

 

 

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