Power Savings; Ac Power Save; Standby Time-Out; Figure 2-4. Power Menu Of Setup Program - Dell Latitude LM Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Main Peripherals Security Power Exit

Power Savings:

AC Power Save:

Standby Time-Out:

Suspend Time-Out:
Suspend-to-Disk Time-Out:: [10 min.]
Hard-Disk Drive Time-Out:
DIM Mode Time-Out:
Smart CPU Mode:
Alarm Resume:
F1 Help Select Item
ESC Exit Select Menu

Figure 2-4. Power Menu of Setup Program

Power Savings
Select if you want to disable all power savings,
OFF
regardless of how the time-out options are set.
Select (the default) to control the power sav-
CUSTOMIZE
ing time-outs individually.
Select
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE
ing time-outs as a group to increase the performance of
the computer. When this setting is selected, the
,
TIME-OUT SUSPEND TIME-OUT
options are set automatically to 30 minutes.
TIMEOUT
Select
MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE
saving time-outs as a group to save the most battery
power. When this setting is selected, the
,
TIME-OUT SUSPEND TIME-OUT
options are set automatically to 1 minute.
TIMEOUT
AC Power Save
lets you enable or disable power saving
AC POWER SAVE
time-outs when the computer is connected to an AC
power source. The default setting for this option is
[Customize]
[On]
[3 min.]
[3 min.]
[2 min.]
[30 sec.]
[Enabled]
[OFF]
-/+ Change Values
Enter Select
to configure power sav-
STANDBY
, and
SUSPEND-TO-DISK
to configure the power
STANDBY
, and
SUSPEND-TO-DISK
.
ON
Sub-Menu
Enable this option to keep all power saving time-outs in
effect whether you operate the computer on battery
power or from the AC adapter. Disable this option to
override all time-out settings when the computer is being
powered by the AC adapter.
Standby Time-Out
lets you determine how long the
STANDBY TIME-OUT
computer remains idle (no I/O activity) before activating
standby mode to conserve battery power. Settings for this
option are ,
DISABLED 1 MIN.
, , , and
5 MIN. 10 MIN. 15 MIN.
To increase battery operating time, set this option to a
lower number of minutes. Press any key on the built-in
keyboard to resume normal computer operation.
If the time delay you set for standby mode is greater than
the delay set for suspend mode or suspend to disk mode,
the computer enters standby mode first. For instance, if
is set for 10 minutes and
STANDBY TIME-OUT
is set for 5 minutes, the computer
TO-DISK TIME-OUT
enters standby mode after 10 minutes of no I/O activity
and then enters suspend-to-disk mode 5 minutes later.
Customizing System Features
Item Specific Help
F9 Setup Defaults
F10 Previous Values
, , (the default),
2 MIN. 3 MIN.
30 MIN.
SUSPEND-
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