Power Menu; Enable Power Management; Max Performance/Balanced Power Saving/Max Power Saving/Customize - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 80XL302 Setup Manual

My Presario – Getting Started
The Power pull-down menu, as shown below, contains the Power
Management settings which help save power.
Power
√ √ √ √ Enable Power Management
_ Max Performance
√ √ √ √ Balanced Power Saving
_ Max Power Saving
_ Customize
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The followings describe in sequence all the items of the Power menu.

Enable Power Management

The "Enable Power Management" item is the master control for the
Power Management features.
When this item is selected, no submenu will display. A check mark
( √ ) indicates Enabled; an underline ( _ ) indicates Disabled.
The default setting is Enabled.
Max Performance / Balanced Power Saving / Max Power
Saving / Customize
These four items are mutually-exclusive options. You can select one
of them. A check mark ( √ ) indicates Enabled; an underline ( _ )
indicates Disabled.
Descriptions of the four options are:
Options
Max Performance
Balanced Power Saving
Max Power Saving
Customize

Power Menu

Descriptions
Select this option for the pre-defined
settings which allow maximum
performance but shortest battery life.
Select this option for the pre-defined
settings which allow moderate
performance and moderate battery life.
Select this option for the pre-defined
settings which allow longest battery life
but minimum performance.
Select this option for setting up your own
preferences. When this option is selected,
a submenu will appear. See the following
subsection for information.
Setup Configuration Utility 5-7