Creating A Personal Power Scheme; Power Status Lights - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 7480 Reference Manual

Creating a Personal Power Scheme

If you find that the preset power management schemes do not fit your work habits,
you can create a personal power scheme.
To create your own personal power scheme, complete the following steps:
1. From the Windows Taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click
2. Click the Power Management
+ + + +
NOTE: If you have your Internet PC connected to a network, you should set the power scheme to
Always On. This will prevent the Internet PC from going into sleep mode and breaking the network
connection.
3. Complete the following steps in the Power Management Properties window:
4. Click Save As and type in a name for your personal power scheme.
5. Click OK. Your personal power scheme is now activated.

Power Status Lights

The status lights on the front of your Internet PC indicate the present state of the
computer. The power status light next to the sun
status of your computer. The light next to the hard drive activity
the hard drive is active.
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Control Panel.
a. Ensure that the Home/OfficeDesk power scheme is selected.
b. Click the down arrow next to System standby and select the amount of time
that passes before the computer goes into Sleep mode.
c. Click the down arrow next to Turn off monitor and select the amount of
time that passes before the monitor goes into Sleep mode.
d. Click the down arrow next to Turn off hard disks and select the amount of
time that passes before the hard drive goes into Sleep mode.
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Saving Energy Using Sleep and Power Management
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