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VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide
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Word Processing – Optimizes power management with longer timeouts on the hard disk and display screen. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and System Suspend to optimize power management for your system.
Spreadsheet – Optimizes performance and power requirements for spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel.®
Communications – Extends battery life by initiating a quick display timeout. The Internal modem remains powered. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and System Suspend to optimize power management for your system.
Automatic Profile Selection – Automatically switches to a profile suitable for active applications.
Power Management Commands
PowerPanel also provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You might use these commands when you want to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action, such as putting the system into Video Standby mode before the Video Standby timer expires.
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System Idle – Puts the system into Idle mode, a state of low power consumption. This state stops the CPU clock and puts all peripherals into low power mode. To return the system to the active state, press any key or power switch on your system.
System Suspend – Puts the system into System Suspend mode, a power management state that saves the state of the system and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or the power switch on your computer.
System Hibernation – Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the system power. To return the system to the original state, use the power switch to turn on power. The system saves the data in the Save to Disk Partition on the hard drive.
LCD (Video) Standby – Turns off the LCD to save power. If you turn off the Video Standby timer, the display remains active except when the system enters System Suspend mode. The video display system is one of the largest consumers of power in the system.
