Power-Saving Modes - Fujitsu 420D User Manual

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from the original source. When doing a
recovery remember that you must allocate
space for the Save-to-Disk function if you
have it enabled. (See Setting Up Your
Save-To-Disk File Allocation on page 73
for more information.)

Power-Saving Modes

Your Life Book 400 Series fe a tu res severa l
opti ons for con s erving power. One power sav-
i n gs met h od is to tu rn the d i s p l ay bri gh tn e s s
down . Some power savi n gs functi ons are auto-
m a tic and have no user con tro l , while others can
be ad ju s ted to suit the user. As with all mobi l e ,
b a t tery - powered com p uters ,t h ere is a trade - o
bet ween perform a n ce and power savi n gs .
The Power Center by Fujitsu provides easy con-
trol of the power saving parameters. From the
Power Bar on the desktop you can set separate
groups of parameters to be used when your
notebook is operating on AC power, battery
power only with normal charge levels on the
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battery and battery power only with battery
charge at the low battery alarm level. For each
operating condition you can choose one of two
factory designed combination of parameter
settings,all power saving features turned o or
can set each parameter individually. The Power
Savings Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility also
allows these parameters to be set. The BIOS
Setup Utility Power Savings Menu settings wil l
be used if
none have been set from the Power Bar.
The combination of settings selected by the
factory to save power only when it can be
done without sacrificing performance is the
Maximum Performance selection. The combi-
nation of settings selected by the factory to save
power even if it means sacrificing some perfor-
mance is the Maximum Battery Life selection.
The Customize selection requires you to choose
the values for each individual parameter. You
can choose to turn o all power-saving features
by choosing the O selection. (For more inform-
ation on the Power Savings parameters, see Power
Savings Menu on pages 67–69.)
Using the Suspend/Resume Button
Wh en your notebook is active ,t h e
Su s pen d / Re sume But ton can be used to man-
u a lly put your notebook into Su s pend Mode,
or into the Save - to - Disk Mode. Pushing the
Su s pen d / Re sume But ton and holding it in unti l
it is ack n owl ed ged by a beep wi ll activa te the
s el ected mode . Wh i ch mode it activa tes depen d s
on the set ti n gs of the BIOS Setup Uti l i ty Power
Savi n gs Menu . The default is Su s pend Mode .
(See pa ge 69 for how to sel e ct Save - to - Di s k
Mod e .)
Your notebook can be suspended to Suspend
Mode or Save-to-Disk Mode by:
Pressing the Suspend Button until
acknowledged.
Selecting Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
Selecting Suspend from the Desktop
Power Bar.
Timing out from lack of activity.
If your notebook is suspended,pushing the