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Power Management Features
To conserve power, especially when using the battery, your note-
book computer uses ACPI power management. Power management
conserves power by controlling individual components of the com-
puter (the monitor and hard disk drive) or the whole system.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI)
The ACPI interface provides the computer with enhanced power
saving techniques and gives the operating system (OS) direct control
over the power and thermal states of devices and processors. For ex-
ample, it enables the OS to set devices into low-power states based
on user settings and information from applications. ACPI is available
in
Windows 2000
and
Windows XP
(see sidebar note).
OS Note
Power management
functions will vary
slightly depending on
your operating system.
For more information it
is best to refer to the
user’s manual of your
operating system.
(
Note
: All pictures
used on the following
pages are from the
Windows XP
OS).
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