Dell Latitude CPi A - Manual (Page 94)

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Power Management Settings: Dell
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Latitude
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CPi A-Series
System User's Guide
Experimenting With Power Conservation | Using Key Combinations | Closing the Display | Suspend Mode |
Suspend-to-Disk Mode | Standby Mode | Power Management Properties for Windows 98
Experimenting With Power Conservation
In general, the lower the value you set for each power conservation feature, the longer the battery's charge
lasts. On the other hand, setting high values tends to optimize the computer's performance.
To evaluate the way that different settings affect how long you can operate the computer on battery power
versus the relative efficiency of how the software performs, experiment as follows:
Use the computer with all the options set at their default values.
Use the computer with all the options disabled or set to Off.
Use the computer with all the options set to their minimum or maximum values.
Using Key Combinations
Table 1 identifies the power management key combinations.
NOTE: To use key combinations on an external keyboard, enable the External Hot Key option in the
System Setup program and use <Scroll Lk> instead of <FN>.
Table 1. Key Combinations to Activate/Deactivate Features
Feature Activate/Deactivate
Turn off display To activate, press <FN><D>. *
To deactivate, move the cursor or press a key on the built-in or external
keyboard. (If nothing happens, the computer may be in suspend mode.
Press the power button to resume normal operation.)
Turn off hard-disk drive To activate, press <FN><H>. *
Automatically deactivates when the hard-disk drive is accessed.
NOTE: If a modular hard drive is installed in the C/Dock media bay,
pressing <FN><H> will not turn off the hard-disk drive.
Suspend mode To activate, press <FN><Esc>.
To deactivate, press the power button.