Service manual
50 Using Your Gateway Solo™ 9100 Multimedia Notebook
Using the Power Menu
The Power menu is a part of the BIOS Setup Utility that contains the power 
management settings and system timeouts. Use the Power menu to make 
changes to the system to improve the battery-powered session time and 
performance. The rest of the BIOS Setup Utility screens are explained in 
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Solo Notebook. 
1. Start-up your notebook.
2. Press the F2 key when prompted to do so. The “Entering Setup...” 
message briefly shows and then the Main menu appears.
3. Use the right arrow key to navigate to the Power menu. Use the keys 
identified at the bottom of the screen to navigate through the various 
options. An Item Specific Help bar providing additional information 
is also located along the right side of each menu.
To access the Power Setup menu
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Main Advanced Security Power Exit
Item Specific 
Help
Power Button Mode:
PM Control:
Power Savings:
Standby timeout:
Suspend timeout:
Hard disk timeout:
Video timeout:
Audio timeout:
Battery Low suspend:
Resume On Modem Ring:
Resume On Time:
Resume Time:
Auto Dim With Battery
Only:
Cooling Control:
[On/Off]
[Battery]
[Maximum Battery Life]
2 Minutes
10 Minutes
2 Minutes
4 Minutes
2 Minutes
[On]
[Off]
[Off]
[00:00:00]
[On]
[Silence]
Select Power button 
functionality.
Suspend/Resume: 
Button functions as 
“Suspend/Resume” 
switch. If you want 
to turn the power 
off in this mode, 
you must press and 
hold power button 
over 2 seconds.
On/Off: Button 
functions as “On/
Off” switch.
F1 Help ↑↓↑↓ Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Default
ESC Exits 
←→←→ Select Menu Enter Select > Sub-Menu F10 Save and 
Exit
 Note:
The Power menu screen 
shown may differ somewhat 
from that shown here. If 
there are differences, follow 
the on-screen instructions 
and helps.










