Sony PCG-717 - Manual (Page 109)

Controlling Power Management
Controlling Power Management
The PowerPanel utility allows you to control the power management of
your notebook computer and provides key information about system
activity and battery life. The following sections briefly describe how to
conserve your computer's battery power. You can also refer to the Help
for PowerPanel for more detailed information.
Power Management Settings
PowerPanel provides settings ranging from maximum power
management to no power management. The available settings include;
Maximum Perfonnance — Provides the best system
performance while still conserving power.
Maximum Battery Life - Provides power saving features
to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It
sets a slower dock speed and puts the system into system
suspend mode after a specified time period.
Custom Settings - Activates power saving settings from
the custom profile in the BIOS.
Power Management Off - Turns off all power
management features such as system standby, system
suspend, and system save to disk modes. This is the normal
state of the system. If you disable power management, the
system remains in this state imtil you turn off the power.
AC Profile - The power management state when AC power
is in use. Similar to the Power Management Off setting.
PowerPanel automatically loads the AC profile unless you
disable this feature.
System Standby - Puts the system into standby mode, a
power management state. When the system enters standby
mode, the hard disk and video display enter a low power
state. The CPU clock and the processor stop.
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