User Manual

Power Management
Configuring the Power Buttons 3 - 11
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Power Conservation Modes
This system supports Energy Star power management features that place comput-
ers (CPU, hard drive, etc.) into a low-power sleep modes after a designated period
of inactivity. Adjust Power Conservation Modes from the Control Center:
1. Press the Fn + Esc key combination to to ggle the Control Center on/off.
2. Click either the Performance, Balanced or Energy Star button.
3. Click in a blank area of the icon or press a key on the keyboard to exit Power
Conservation Mode without making any changes.
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Power Conservation
Modes
The Energy S tar setting
will result in maximum
power saving, but with
the possible loss of
some performance.
Setting the mode to Bal-
ance will give power
saving matched with
performance.
Performance will give
optimum computer per-
formance but with less
power conservation.
Figure 3 - 7
Control Center
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Energy Star
Display Sleep Mode
Note that the Energy Star
setting will put the display
into sleep after no more than
15 minutes of user inactivity.