Managingyourbatterypower
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings.
Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.F orinstructionson
howtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7oper ating
system”onpage15.
•ForWindows8:Right-clickthebatterystatusiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandclickPower
Options.ThenclickChangeplansettingsthatisnexttoyourpowerplan.
FormoreinformationaboutthePowerManagerprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystem.
Power-savingmodes
Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissectionintroduceseach
modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofthebatterypower.
Understandingthepower-savingmodes
•Screenblank(fortheWindows7operatingsystemonly)
Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toputthecomput erintoscreenblankmode,
right-clickthebatterygaugefromtheWindowsnoticationareaandselectPoweroffdisplay.
•Sleep
Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthenthesolid-statedriveortheharddiskdriveandthe
computerdisplayareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.
Toputyourcomputerintosleepmode,pressFn+F4.Toreturnfromsleepmode,pressFnkey.
Dependingonthecomputermodel,yourcomputermightsupportthe30DayStandbyfunction.When
thisfunctionisenabled,thecomputerconsumesevenlesspowerinthesleepmodeandtakesonly
secondstoresumenormaloperationwhenyoupressthepowerbutton.Formoreinformationabout
the30DayStandbyfunction,dothefollowing:
–ForWindows7:RefertothehelpinformationsystemofthePowerManagerprogram.Forinstructions
onhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovopr ogramsontheWindows7
operatingsystem”onpage15.
–ForWindows8:OpentheLenovoSettingspr ogramandclickPower.
•Hibernation
Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavinglesorexitingfromany
programsthatarerunning.Whenthecomputerentershibernation,allopenprograms,folders,andles
aresavedtotheharddisk,andthenthecomput erturnsoff.
Toputthecomputerintohibernationmode,changeyourpowerplansettings.T oaccesspowerplan
settings,dothefollowing:
–ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructions
onhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovopr ogramsontheWindows7
operatingsystem”onpage15.
–ForWindows8:Right-clickthebatterystatusiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandclickPower
Options.ThenclickChangeplansettingsthatisnexttoyourpowerplan.
•Wirelessoff
Whenyouarenotusingthewirelessfeatures,suchasBluetoothorwirelessLAN,turnthemoff.Thiswill
helpconservepower.T oturnoffthewirelessfeatures,pressFn+F5.
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