The Power Menu; Figure 2-6 The Bios Setup Power Menu - Digital Equipment HiNote VP 500 Series Service Manual

The Power Menu

The Power Menu (Figure 2-6) allows you to enable and adjust the notebook's power saving
features. Enabling these features will extend the battery run time.

Figure 2-6 The BIOS Setup Power Menu

Field
Power Savings
AC Power
Save
Standby Time-
out
Suspend Time-
out
Suspend-to-
Disk
Time-out
Settings
Off
Customize *
Maximum Performance
Maximum Battery Life
On *
Off
Disabled
1 Min.
2 Min.
3 Min. *
5 10, 15, 30 Min.
Disabled
1 Min.
2 Min.
3 Min. *
5, 10, 15, 30 Min.
Disabled
1, 2, 3, 5 Min.
10 Min. *
Description
Sets the Power Management Mode.
Disables all Power Management
Allows you to customize the Power
Management fields (Standby, Suspend, Suspend
to Disk, Hard Disk Time-out) to suit your
individual work needs.
Power Management fields will be set with pre-
defined values to provide best system
performance with some power conservation.
Power Management fields will be set with pre-
defined values to ensure maximum battery run
time.
When enabled all system power management is
enabled, when operating on AC power. If
disabled, all system power management is
disabled when operating on AC power.
Indicates the amount of time the system needs
to be idle before entering Standby mode.
In order to make customized changes to this
field, Power Savings must be set to Customize.
Indicates the amount of time the system needs
to be idle before entering Suspend (to RAM)
mode.
Power Savings must be Customize to change
these values.
Indicates the amount of time the system needs
to be idle before entering Suspend-to-Disk
mode.
In order to make customized changes to this
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