Setting Power Preferences - Compaq Armada M700 Series Reference Manual

Setting Power Preferences

You can increase, decrease, and allocate the power used by the
computer by setting power preferences.
Increasing power increases performance, while decreasing power
conserves energy and extends battery operating time.
By decreasing power to unused components and functions, you
can allocate more power to the components and functions you are
currently using.
Many power preferences are timeout settings. A timeout is the
period of inactivity before the system initiates a power change or
reduces power to a component. For example, the computer is
preset to initiate Suspend (Standby) after a period of inactivity.
The time interval between when you stop using the computer and
the onset of system-initiated Suspend is a Suspend timeout.
Depending on your operating system, you can set timeouts that
are specific to various conditions, components, or procedures as
well as specify the duration of those timeouts.
The following tables list power preference procedures that are not
described in your operating system documentation.
For additional power preference options, refer to "Using
SpeedStep Performance Modes" later in this chapter and to your
operating system documentation.
For a summary of power preference settings and procedures that
extend battery operating time, refer to "Battery Conservation
Checklists" last in this chapter.
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