Power Management Timeouts; Using Power Management Timeouts; Types Of Power Management Timeouts - Acer Extensa 660 User Manual

Using power
management
timeouts
Types of power
management
timeouts

Power Management Timeouts

Your computer offers several timeouts to extend
battery life by turning off unused components
of the computer. These timeouts are included in
the Power Management page of the System
Setup screen.
To display the System Setup screen, press F2
during boot up or Fn+F1 any other time.
From the System Setup screen, you define
when the timeouts are in effect.
• Always—Enables timeouts at all times
• Battery Only—Enables timeouts when the
computer is on battery power
Disable—Disables all timeouts
•
You can define the following power
management timeouts.
Standby Timeout
5V Suspend
Timeout
0V Suspend
Timeout
Hard Disk Timeout
Display Timeout
The amount of time the computer
needs to be idle before the
computer enters Standby mode.
The amount of time the computer
needs to be idle before the
computer enters the 5V Suspend
mode.
The amount of time the computer
needs to be idle before the
computer enters the 0V Suspend
mode.
The amount of time the computer
needs to be idle before the hard
disk motor spins down.
The amount of time the computer
needs to be idle before the
display back light turns off.
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Power Management Timeouts