Using The Toshiba Power Management Utility - Toshiba Satellite P20-8PW User Manual

Using The TOSHIBA Power Management Utility

The TOSHIBA Power Management Utility is pre-installed in your
computer. This software allows you to select the power scheme with the
most appropriate settings for this computer.
You can double click the TOSHIBA Power Management Utility icon on the
system taskbar to execute the program. Following the on-screen display
step by step panels, you will find following settings.
1. Battery Mode: Lets you select either Long Life, Normal, High Power or
DVD Playback power schemes. For each individual setting, you can
adjust Monitor Brightness, Turn Off Monitor, Turn Off Hard Disks,
System Stand By, and System Hibernate at different battery power
capacity.
2. AC Mode: There is one Power Scheme, which is Full Power. As with
the various battery modes, you can adjust the specifics for Full Power
management.
3. Alarm: You can adjust the Low Battery Alarm and Critical Battery
Alarm when the Battery Power reaches a certain level. The Alarm
Action be either sound Alarm or Display message or both.
4. Advanced: Lets you can select the power saving settings you want to
use. You can select the power button and lid switch function here.
You can also select the cooling method you want to use.
5. Battery Power Meter: Displays the current the power source and
Battery Power capacity. You can see the current battery capacity on
the edge of right side of the on-screen display. After finishing your
settings, you should click OK to confirm or cancel to ignore the new
settings.
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