HP Book vt6200 To manage power manually, Hibernate, Off

Batteries and Power Management

Managing Power Consumption

∙Windows XP: Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Power Options. On the Power Schemes tab, select a power scheme. This scheme automatically controls the processor speeds:

∙The Max Battery scheme uses the lowest processor speeds while running on battery power, but uses medium and high processor speeds on AC power.

∙The Portable/Laptop option uses medium and high processor speeds on battery and AC power.

See Windows Help for additional information about power schemes.

To manage power manually

In addition to allowing the computer to enter its power-saving modes automatically, you can also put it into any of the following three modes whenever you need to.

Power mode	Does this…	Use when…	To enter this mode…
Standby	Maintains your current	You will be away		Press blue sleep button
	session in RAM, and turns off	from your computer		–or–
	the display and other	for up to several		click Start, Shut Down,
	components.	hours.		Standby (Windows 2000)
				–or–
				click Start, Turn Off Computer,
				Stand By (Windows XP).
Hibernate	Saves the current session to	You will be away		Press Fn+F12
	disk, then shuts down.	from your computer		–or–
	Provides maximum power	for a day or more,		click Start, Shut Down,
	savings while still allowing	but want to continue		Hibernate (Windows 2000).
	you to recover the current	your session.
	session.

Off

Turns off your computer, providing maximum power savings. The current session will not be saved, and any unsaved data will be lost.

You’re done with your work.

Click Start, Shut Down, Shut down (Windows 2000)

–or–

click Start, Turn Off Computer, Turn Off (Windows XP)

–or–

slide the power button (only if the Start menu procedure doesn’t work).

You can also turn off the display by closing the lid.

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