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Controlling Power Management

The PowerPanel utility allows you to control the power management of y ur notebook co puter and provides key information about system activity and b tt ry life. The following sections briefly describe how to c nserve your co puter’s batt ry power. You can also refer to the PowererPanelManagementHelp for moreProfilesdetailed information.

PwerPanel p ov des several predefined power management profiles. Each profile cons sts of a group of specific power management settings that are designed to meet specific power management goals—ranging fr m maximum p wer management to no power management. You can change the settings for any of the predefined profiles or you can create y ur own prof le to suit your portable computing needs. The predefined

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Maximum Performance – Provides the best system performance while still conserving power.

Maximum Battery Life – Provides power saving features to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It slows the computer and puts it into System Suspend mode after a specified period of inactivity.

Power Management Off – Turns off all power management features such as System Suspend and System Hibernation modes.

AC Profile – The power management state when AC power is in use. Similar to the Power Management Off setting. PowerPanel automatically loads the AC profile unless you disable this feature.

Games – Disables the display and the Hard Disk Spindle Down timer.

Presentation – Keeps the display on at all times while it conserves power. This option is ideal for slide show presentations. You can establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Sleep, and System Suspend to optimize power management for your system.