Power Management Settings - IBM ThinkPad 310E User Manual

Power Management Settings

Note:
You cannot disable this parameter in
the BIOS Utility if APM is installed
under DOS, Windows or Windows
95. To disable APM, type Power Off
under DOS, or disable the Power
icon in the Windows Control Panel.
To disable power management
timers, set the desired timer to Off.
Besides accessing this screen from POST (while the ThinkPad logo
is displayed) using F2, you can also press Fn+F6 during runtime to
access this section of the BIOS Utility.
Power Management Mode
When enabled, all the power management timers take effect unless
specifically disabled by the user. Select Disabled to turn off all the
timers. The default setting is Enabled.
Display Standby Timer
The computer shuts off the LCD backlight and turns off the CRT
video as well, if there is no activity from the keyboard, TrackPoint III
or external PS/2 mouse within the period specified by this timer. To
turn the display back on, press a key, move TrackPoint III or move
the mouse.
The valid values for this timer range from 1 to 60 minutes with
default set at 5.
Hard Disk Standby Timer
The hard disk drive enters standby mode if there are no disk
read/write operations within the period specified by this timer. The
hard disk returns to normal mode once the computer accesses it.
The valid values for this timer range from 1 to 20 minutes with
default set at 10.
Power Management Settings
Appendix C. BIOS Utility
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