Using￿Power￿Management￿Options

Your￿computer￿includes￿power-management￿options￿that￿can￿help￿the￿battery￿charge￿last￿longer￿and￿extend￿the￿life￿of￿the￿battery,￿LCD￿panel,￿ and￿other￿components.￿Power-management￿options￿slow￿down￿or￿shut￿off￿system￿components￿when￿the￿components￿are￿not￿being￿used.￿

Power￿management￿slows￿down￿system￿performance.￿Your￿computer￿ runs￿fastest￿with￿the￿AC￿adapter￿attached,￿when￿no￿power￿management￿ is￿in￿effect.

If￿your￿computer￿shipped￿with￿Windows￿98￿installed,￿Windows￿98￿ Power￿Management￿works￿with￿the￿settings￿in￿the￿Power￿Management￿ option￿on￿the￿Control￿Panel.￿If￿your￿computer￿uses￿DOS￿or￿Windows￿ 95,￿Power￿Management￿works￿with￿the￿settings￿in￿System￿Setup

If￿your￿computer￿shipped￿from￿the￿factory￿with￿Windows￿NT￿installed,￿ PowerProfiler￿power￿management￿software￿was￿included.￿

Some￿applications￿may￿require￿the￿computer￿to￿ run￿at￿full￿speed￿to￿operate￿correctly.￿If￿you￿ experience￿any￿problems￿with￿an￿application,￿try￿ disabling￿power￿management.

When￿running￿the￿computer￿from￿the￿battery,￿ you￿can￿press￿<Fn+F3>￿to￿set￿the￿computer￿to￿ full￿speed.￿

Non-Turbo￿Mode

In￿non-turbo￿(or￿idle)￿mode,￿the￿microprocessor￿and￿hard￿drive￿run￿at￿slow￿speed￿unless￿there￿is￿user￿input￿or￿device￿activity.￿To￿enable￿non- turbo￿mode,￿set￿the￿Battery￿Power￿Saving￿Mode￿field￿in￿System￿Setup￿ to￿Non-Turbo.

When￿you￿touch￿the￿touchpad￿or￿press￿a￿key￿or￿when￿there￿is￿device￿ activity,￿the￿computer￿returns￿to￿full-speed￿(turbo)￿operation.

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