Dell Inspiron 2000 - Manual (Page 101)

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Power Switch
Mode Specifies whether the power button operates in On/Off or
Suspend/Resume mode.
When the option is set to On/Off, the power button turns
the computer on and off. When the option is set to Sus-
pend/Resume, the power button suspends or resumes the
computer.
PM Control Enables or disables all power management features for the
battery only or for both the battery and the AC power
adapter. AC/Battery enables the power management fea-
tures regardless of power source. Battery Only (the default)
enables power management features only while the com-
puter is running on battery power. Disabled completely
disables the power management features.
Power Manage-
ment Customized (the default) allows you to control each power
management setting. Maximum Battery Life conserves the
maximum amount of system power and sets Video Time-
out, Hard Disk Timeout, and Auto Suspend Timeout to
2 minutes each. Maximum Performance conserves power
but allows the greatest system performance and sets Video
Timeout to 10 minutes, Hard Disk Timeout to
5 minutes, and Auto Suspend Timeout to 10 minutes.
Video Timeout Lets you determine how long the keyboard, touch pad, and
PS/2 mouse remain idle (no I/O activity) before the display
and backlight turn off. The display and backlight turn on again
at the first attempt to access the keyboard, touch pad, PS/2
mouse, or display memory. Settings are Off, 30 Minutes,
20 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 5 Minutes, and
2 Minutes.To increase battery operating time, set this option
to a lower number of minutes. To use this option, you must
set Power Management to Customized.
Hard Disk Timeout Lets you determine how long the hard-disk drive remains
idle (no I/O activity) before the drive motor shuts down. The
drive motor starts up again at the first attempt to access the
hard-disk drive. Settings are Off, 30 Minutes, 20 Minutes,
10 Minutes, 5 Minutes, and 2 Minutes. To increase battery
operating time, set this option to a lower number of min-
utes.To use this option, you must set Power Management
to Customized.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the
system Help.