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Power menu, Power menu settings – NEC 2000 User Manual

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Configuring the System 3-21

Power Menu

Choose the Power Menu by selecting Power in the legend bar on the Main
Menu screen. Other Power Menu options are available by selecting
submenus.

Use the arrow keys to select one of the Power Menu options and press

Enter

to select a submenu. Items with grayed-out text are not available.

Explanations of each Power Menu item are in the following table.

Note

Power management is only supported in systems running

Windows 98 or Windows 2000.

Power Menu Settings

Menu Item

Settings (default is bold)

Power Savings

Disabled, Customized, Maximum Power
Savings, Maximum Performance

Disabled setting turns off Power
Management.

Maximum Power Savings setting conserves
the greatest amount of power.

Maximum Performance setting conserves
power but allows best system performance.

Customized setting allows the user to modify
the Auto Suspend Timeout and Hard Disk
Timeout fields.

Auto Suspend Timeout

Off, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60 minutes

Specifies the amount of time the system is in
standby before entering the sleep mode.

Hard Disk Timeout

Disabled, 10, 15, 30, 45 seconds
1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15 minutes

Specifies the amount of time the hard drive
needs to be inactive before it is turned off.