Power Menu - Gateway Solo 2100 User Manual

Power menu

The Power menu contains the power management settings and system
timeouts.
Figure 51. Power Menu
The following provides a brief overview of the options available through the
Power menu.
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Power button mode:
See page 15.
Sets power button functionality. Press the Spacebar to select On/Off or Sus-
pend/Resume.
PM Control:
Sets the power management mode environment. Press the Spacebar to
choose between Battery, Disabled or Always.
Power Management:
This function provides preset or customized power management. Setting this
option to Minimum Battery Life provides the notebook with best system
performance. Setting this option to Maximum Battery Life provides the system
with best battery performance. Setting this option to Customize allows you
to manually set the Standby, Suspend, Hard disk and Video timeouts. Setting
this option to Medium provides the system with a mixture of system and
battery performance. Use the Spacebar to choose between options.
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See page 50.
Standby timeout:
The time that the system waits before going into Standby mode. The Power
Management: function must be set to Customize before you can change this
field. Use the Spacebar to choose 2, 4, 6, 8, 10... through 30, or Off.
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