Bio-Rad iQ™5 Optical System Software, Version 2.1 - Manual (Page 14)

Section 1 Getting Started
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Computer Power Management Settings on Windows Vista
1. From the Start menu, choose Control Panel. Switch the Control Panel view to Classic
View.
2. Choose Power options, and then choose Create a Power Plan.
3. Choose the High Performance plan, then enter the Plan name iQ5 software, and press
Next.
4. Change the Turn Off The Display and Put the Computer to Sleep options to “Never”.
5. Click Save Changes.
6. Select your new iQ5 software power plan by clicking on the radio button, open Change
Advanced Power Settings to set the following conditions.
a. Adjust settings to turn off hard disk after 180 minutes.
b. For Sleep Settings:
i. Set Sleep After setting to “Never”
ii. Set Hybrid Sleep setting to “On”
iii. Set Hibernate After setting to “Never”
c. For USB Settings, set USB Selective Suspend setting to “Disabled”.
d. Set Search and Indexing, Power Savings Mode setting to “Balanced”,
e. Set Display, Turn Display Off After setting to “Never”.
When completed, click Apply and then Done.
Computer Power Management Settings on Windows XP
1. From the Start menu, choose Settings, then Control Panel.
2. Choose Power Options, the Power Options Properties window will open.
3. On the Power Schemes tab, set all power scheme settings to Never.
4. On the Hibernate tab, deselect the Enable Hibernation checkbox.
5. Return to the Control Panel window, and select Display; the Display Properties window
will open.
6. On the Screen Saver tab, select None.
7. Return to the Control Panel window, and select System, the System Properties window
will open.
8. On the Hardware tab, click on the Device Manager button to open the Device Manager
file tree. Click on the “+” button to expand the Universal Serial Bus Controllers list.
9. Scroll down and highlight the first listed USB Root Hub. Right-click and select the
Properties option to open the USB Root Hub Properties window.
10. Select the Power Management tab, and deselect the Allow the Computer to Turn Off This
Device to Save Power checkbox.
11. Repeat steps 9–10 for each individual USB root hub listed.