Controlling Power Management; Power Management Profiles - Sony VAIO PCG-Z505HE Supplementary Manual

Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook

Controlling Power Management

The PowerPanel utility allows you to control the power management of
your notebook computer and provides key information about system
activity. The following sections briefly describe how to conserve your
computer's battery power. You can also refer to the PowerPanel Help for
more detailed information. To activate a profile or command, see "To
activate PowerPanel" on page 5.

Power Management Profiles

PowerPanel provides several predefined power management profiles.
Each profile consists of a group of specific power management settings
that are designed to meet specific power management goals — ranging
from maximum power management to no power management. You can
change the settings for any of the predefined profiles or you can create
your own profile to suit your portable computing needs. The predefined
profiles are:
Icon Description
Maximum Performance
while still conserving power.
Maximum Battery Life
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
such as System Suspend and System Hibernation modes.
AC Power
use. Similar to the Power Management Off setting. PowerPanel
automatically loads the AC profile unless you disable this feature.
Games
timer.
Spreadsheet
spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel.
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The power management state when AC power is in
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Disables the display and the Hard Disk Spindle Down
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Optimizes performance and power requirements for
Provides the best system performance
Provides power saving features to give
Turns off all power management features
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