Using The Power Menu - Gateway Solo 9100 User Manual

Note:
The Power menu screen
shown may differ somewhat
from that shown here. If
there are differences, follow
the on-screen instructions
and helps.
50 Using Your Gateway Solo™ 9100 Multimedia Notebook

Using the Power Menu

The Power menu is a part of the BIOS Setup Utility that contains the power
management settings and system timeouts. Use the Power menu to make
changes to the system to improve the battery-powered session time and
performance. The rest of the BIOS Setup Utility screens are explained in
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Solo Notebook.
To access the Power Setup menu
1. Start-up your notebook.
Press the F2 key when prompted to do so. The "Entering Setup..."
2.
message briefly shows and then the Main menu appears.
3. Use the right arrow key to navigate to the Power menu. Use the keys
identified at the bottom of the screen to navigate through the various
options. An Item Specific Help bar providing additional information
is also located along the right side of each menu.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Main Advanced Security
Power Button Mode:
PM Control:
Power Savings:
Standby timeout:
Suspend timeout:
Hard disk timeout:
Video timeout:
Audio timeout:
Battery Low suspend:
Resume On Modem Ring:
Resume On Time:
Resume Time:
Auto Dim With Battery
Only:
Cooling Control:
F1 Help Select Item
ESC Exits Select Menu
Exit
Power Exit
[On/Off]
[Battery]
[Maximum Battery Life]
2 Minutes
10 Minutes
2 Minutes
4 Minutes
2 Minutes
[On]
[Off]
[Off]
[00:00:00]
[On]
[Silence]
-/+ Change Values
Enter Select > Sub-Menu
Item Specific
Help
Select Power button
functionality.
Suspend/Resume:
Button functions as
"Suspend/Resume"
switch. If you want
to turn the power
off in this mode,
you must press and
hold power button
over 2 seconds.
On/Off: Button
functions as "On/
Off" switch.
F9 Setup Default
F10 Save and