Saving Energy; Using Power Management - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 6012 Supplementary Manual

Using Power Management

Table 4–1: Preset Power Scheme Properties
Power Scheme
Home/Office
Desk
Always On
Learning More About Your Computer
You can conserve energy by using the Microsoft Windows Power
Management system. With this system, you can determine when the
computer is sleeping, hibernating, or awake. You can also determine
when your monitor and hard drive turns off.
The Microsoft Power Management System provides preset power
schemes to assist you with conserving energy:
Home/Office Desk
Always On
These power schemes determine when your system goes into sleep or
hibernation mode and when your monitor and hard drive turn off.
System goes System
to sleep... hibernates...
After 20 Never
minutes of no
activity
Never Never
To alter these settings, you can change them in the Power Options
Properties dialog box.

Saving Energy

Monitor Hard drive
turns off... turns off...
After 15 After 30
minutes of no minutes of no
activity activity
After 10 After 1 hour of
minutes of no no activity
activity
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