Power Management; Power Management Mode - Acer M11E User Manual

2.6

Power Management

The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system
power-management feature.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and
their default settings:
Power Management Mode .............. [Enabled]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ...... [Off]
System Sleep Timer ............... [Off]
Sleep Mode ..................... [----]
Power Switch < 4 sec. . ............ [Suspend]
System Wake-up Event
Modem Ring Indicator ............. [Enabled]
2.6.1

Power Management Mode

This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this
parameter is set to Enabled
system timers. Setting
power-management feature and its timers.
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer
This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after
inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you
access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 seconds (depending on the
hard disk) for the disk to return to normal speed. Set this parameter to
OFF if your hard disk does not support this function.
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Power Management
, you can configure the IDE hard disk and
it to Disabled deactivates the
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