Managing Power Consumption; To Use Manual Power Management - HP OmniBook xe3-gf - Notebook PC Startup Manual

Managing Power Consumption

Traveling with Your Computer
Managing Power Consumption
When you are not using your computer, you will want to maximize battery operating time
without compromising performance. It is not necessary to turn the computer off in order
to reduce power consumption and extend battery life.
Windows uses Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) to provide manual
and automated tools for reducing power consumption.
• You can set power management options to occur automatically, based on timeout
values entered. See "To use automated power management" in the Reference Guide.
• You can also invoke power management options manually at any time by pressing the
appropriate key. See "To use manual power management" on page 32.

To use manual power management

You can manage your computer's power manually whenever you need to, with any of the
following three levels of power management.
Standby mode
Action Turns off the display and hard disk drive.
When Press the blue standby button.
-OR-
Click Start, Shut Down, Standby
(Windows 98 or 2000).
-OR-
Click Start, Turn Off Computer, Stand By
(Windows XP).
-OR-
Configure lid, power switch, or standby
button to perform the standby action (see
"To set power management properties,"
above). Then close lid or press button.
Resume Press the blue standby button to return to
your current session.
The computer can also go into standby automatically when the timeout setting in Power
Management or Power Options in Control Panel is reached.
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