Managingthepowerplans
Youcanmanageyourpowerplanstoachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.To
changethepowerplan,dothefollowing:
1.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.
2.ClickMorepoweroptions.
3.Selectthepowerplanyoudesirefollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Power-savingmodes
Youcanusethefollowingpower-savingmodestoconservethepowerofyourcomputer .
•Sleep:Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory .Then,thedisplayandthesolid-statedriveorthe
harddiskdriveareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.
•30DayStandbyfunction:Dependingonthecomputermodel,yourcomputermightsupportthe30Day
Standbyfunction.Whenthisfunctionisenabled,thecomput erconsumesevenlesspowerinthesleep
modeandtakesonlysecondstor esumenormaloperationwhenyoupressthepowerbutton.Toenable
the30DayStandbyfunction,opentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.
•AlwaysOnUSBfunctionoff:TheAlwaysOnUSBdrainsyourbatterypower .Youcandisableit
whenyoudonotneedit.TodisabletheAlwaysOnUSBfunction,opentheLenovoSettingsprogr am
andclickPower.
•Wirelessoff:Ifyoudonotneedthewirelessfeatures,likeBluet oothandwir elessLAN,turnthemoff.This
willhelpconservepower.T oturnoffthewirelessfeatures,pr essFn+F8.
Enablingthewakeupfunction
Toenablethewakeupfunction,dothefollowing:
1.Movethecursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Thenclick
Settings➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickSystemandSecurity➙Scheduletasks.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordor
conrmation,typethepasswordorprovideconrmation.
3.Fromtheleftpane,selectthetaskfolderforwhichyouwanttoenablethewakeupfunction.The
scheduledtasksaredisplayed.
4.Double-clickascheduledtask,andthenclicktheConditionstab.
5.InthePowerpane,selectthecheckboxforWakethecomputertorunthistask.
Settingtheactionsforcriticalandlowpower
Whenyourbatterypowerfallsbelowacertainlevel,someactionswillbetriggered.F orexample,thealarm
willgoofforyourcomputerwillgointosleepmodeorpoweroff.
Tochangethecriticalandlowpowerlevel,andthecorrespondingactionstriggered,dothefollowing:
1.ClickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea,andthenclickMorepoweroptions.
2.ClickChangeplansettings➙Changeadvancedpowersettings➙Battery.
3.ChangethesettingsasyoudesireintheBatterylist.
Connectingtothenetwork
Yourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkcar dsthatenableyoutoconnectyourcomputertotheInternet
andothernetworkconnections.
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