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5. Configuring the BIOS
The Power Menu
The Power menu of the Setup program allows you to manually enable and adjust certain power saving
features of the Notebook PC, which are necessary for systems without APM or ACPI. For Windows 98
with APM or ACPI, all power saving controls (except “Suspend Mode”) are made through the operat-
ing system. Enabling these features will extend the life of the battery pack between charges. To make
changes to power management settings, select Power Savings from the menu bar. The following menu
appears:
Power Savings: [Customized]
This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features. The configuration
options are: [Disabled] [Customized] [Maximum Power Savings] [Maximum Performance]
If this menu item is set to Disabled, power management features will not function regardless of other
field settings on this menu. The Customized option allows you to make your own selections in the
Power menu. When set to Maximum Power Savings, system power will be conserved to its greatest
amount. The next four fields will then be set to predefined values that ensure maximum power savings.
When this field is set to Maximum Performance, best system performance is achieved with some
power conservation. The next four fields will then be set to predefined values that ensure maximum
power savings
Item Specific Help
Power
Savings:
[Customized]
Suspend
Mode:
[Save
To
RAM]
Standby
Timeout:
[Off]
Auto
Suspend
Timeout:
[Off]
Hard
Disk
Timeout:
[Disabled]
Video
Timeout:
[Disabled]
Resume
On
Modem
Ring: [On]
Beep
On
Battery
Low:
[Enabled]
Maximum
Power
Savings
conserves
the
greatest
amount
of
system
power
while
Maximum
Performance
conserves
power
but
allows
greatest
system
performance .
To alter
these
settings ,
choose
Customize .
To
turn
off
power
management,
choose
Disabled.