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Customizing your notebook
Managing power
The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information
about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous
profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of
extended battery life.
PowerPanel has the following features:
Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application;
Ability to select specific power profiles manually from the menu;
Ability to edit and create new profiles;
Ability to display detailed battery information;
Activating PowerPanel
When you start the computer, the PowerPanel icon appears in the system tray by default.
If the computer is running on AC power, you see PowerPanel's Performance icon:
If it is running on battery power, you see PowerPanel's Battery Life icon:
To see the CPU state and the current power profile, simply point to the icon.
To select a power profile, right-click the icon.
To change profiles, proceed as follows:
1
Right-click on the PowerPanel icon in the system tray and select Profiles.
2
In the Profiles menu, select a profile.
The appropriate power settings will be activated.
When you use the battery pack as power source, your system selects the Maximum Battery Life power management profile by default. If you select
a different power management profile while using battery power, the same profile will automatically be selected the next time you use the battery
pack to power your computer.
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