•Pressingthepowerswitch
•Enablingthewakeuponalarmfeature
Thewakeuponalarmfeatureenablesyourcomputertowakeupatasettime.T oenablethewake
uponalarmfeature,dothefollowing:
1.S tarttheSetupUtilitypr ogram.
2.F romtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower➙AutomaticPowerOn,andpressEnter.
3.SelectWakeUponAlarmandpressEnter.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
4.P ressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.PressEnterwhenpromptedto
conrmtheexit.
•Enablingtheafterpowerlossfeature
Theafterpowerlossfeatureenablesyourcomputertowakeupwhenthepowersupplyresumesaftera
suddenlossofelectricity.Toenabletheafterpowerlossfeature,dothefollowing:
1.S tarttheSetupUtilitypr ogram.
2.F romtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower➙AfterPowerLoss,andpressEnter.
3.SelectPowerOnandpressEnter.
4.P ressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.PressEnterwhenpromptedto
conrmtheexit.
Smartperformancechoices
YoucanadjusttheacousticandthermalperformanceofyourcomputerthroughtheSmartPerformance
Choicemenu.T wochoicesareavailable:
•BetterAcousticPerformance(defaultchoice)
•BetterThermalPerformance
ByenablingBetterAcousticPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunwithlessnoiseatanormalthermal
level.ByenablingBett erThermalPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunatabetterthermallevelwith
normalacousticperformance.
Toswitchbetweenbetteracousticperformanceandbetterthermalperformance,dothefollowing:
1.S tarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage77.
2.F romtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower.
3.SelectSmartPerformanceChoice.TheSmartPerformanceChoicewindowisdisplayed.
4.SelectBetterAcousticPerformanceorBetterThermalPerformanceasdesired.
5.P ressF10tosaveyoursettingandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingfromtheSetupUtility
program”onpage81.
ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.
YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouwanttosavethenewsettings,pressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethesettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9toloadthedefaultsettings.
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