Toshiba L45 Using a hot key to set the Power Plan, Save Changes, Create a Power Plan, Change Plan Settings, Change Advanced Settings

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Monitoring main battery power

2Select an appropriate plan for your work environment or create your own custom plan.

3Click Create a Power Plan to set up a new plan.

NOTE	To edit a plan or to edit advanced settings, continue to the following
	steps.

4Click Change Plan Settings to choose the plan you want to edit.

This screen allows you to change basic settings.

5Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save time, etc.

You can click on the plus signs to expand each item and to see what settings are available for each item.

6Click Save Changes to save the plan changes you have performed.

By default the two power plans Balance and High Performance are satisfactory for most people and do not need to be edited. The High Performance plan will give you the shortest battery time, but the highest performance from your computer. The Balanced plan is a compromise between battery time and performance.

Using a hot key to set the Power Plan

To set the Power Plan:

1Press the Fn and F2 simultaneously to display the Power Plan options. Then select the Power Plan option you want to use..

(Sample Image) Power Plan