Service manual

Chapter 3: Managing Power Consumption 51
The settings you are most likely to change include:
♦ Power button mode; which sets power switch functionality. When you
press the power button, the system can be set to either Shut Down or
Suspend. Press the spacebar to select
On/Off or Suspend/Resume.
♦ PM Control, which provide preset or customized power management.
Setting this option to
Maximum Performance provides the notebook with
the best system performance. Setting this option to Maximum Battery
Life provides your notebook the best battery performance. Setting this
option to Customize allows you to manually set the Standby, Suspend,
Hard disk,
and Video timeouts. Press the spacebar to choose between
options.
♦ Auto dim with battery, which decreases when this feature is enabled, the
LCD brightness automatically decreases by 50 percent when using
battery power only. Press the spacebar to select
On or Off.