Using your notebook

 

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Displaying CPU information

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You can also view the level of performance of your notebook with the CPU Controls.

 

 

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To do so, you just have to hover your cursor over the CPU icon in the taskbar.

 

There are three possible icons:

 

 

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Adaptive

This control automatically selects the CPU optimal clock speed and power voltage according to

 

 

the state in which the computer in which the computer is used..This will be the default icon

 

 

 

 

when the computer is connected to the mains supply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This control helps to reduce the notebook’s power consumption by decreasing the CPU clock

 

 

 

Battery Life

speed and the power voltage. This icon appears when you right-click the CPU icon in the

 

 

 

taskbar and select Profiles and then Ultimate Battery Life. This will be the default icon when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the computer running on batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This control helps to maximize the CPU clock speed. The computer can then be used at its

 

 

 

Performance

maximum performance. This will be the default icon when playing games or watching a DVD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editing a power profile

To edit the power management settings of a power profile, proceed as follows:

1Right-click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu. The Profile Editor window appears.

2Click the profile you want to edit on the left of the screen.

3Double-click the power profile property (Hibernate, Standby…) you want to modify on the right of the screen.

An option list or a dialog box will appear

4Make your settings.

5Click the File menu and then click Save.