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Utilities, Utilities -9 – Toshiba A10 Series User Manual

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NTRODUCTION

Battery save mode

This feature lets you save battery power. You can specify
the Power Save Mode in the Running on batteries item of
the Power Save Modes window in TOSHIBA Power Saver.

Panel power off/on

This feature turns power to the computer off when the
display panel is closed and turns it back on when the panel
is opened. You can specify the setting in the When I close
the lid
item of the System Power Mode window in
TOSHIBA Power Saver.

Low battery

When battery power is exhausted to the point that

automatic hibernation

computer operation cannot be continued, the system
automatically enters Hibernation and shuts down. You can
specify the setting in the Battery Alarm item of the Alarm
window in TOSHIBA Power Saver.

Heat dispersal

The CPU has an internal temperature sensor that automati-
cally activates cooling procedures. Refer to the

Heat

dispersal

section in Chapter 4, Operating Basics, for

details on setting the options for cooling methods.

Hibernation

This feature lets you turn off the power without exiting
from your software. The contents of main memory is saved
to the hard disk, when you turn on the power again, you
can continue working right where you left off. Refer to the

Turning off the power

section in Chapter 3, Getting

Started, for details.

Standby

If you have to interrupt your work, you can turn off the
power without exiting from your software. Data is main-
tained in the computer’s main memory. When you turn on
the power again, you can continue working right where
you left off.

Utilities

This section describes preinstalled utilities and tells how to start them. For details
on operations, refer to each utility’s online manual, help files or readme.txt files.

TOSHIBA Power Saver To access this power savings management program, open

the Control Panel and select the TOSHIBA Power Saver
icon.

Utilities