Power Conservation: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3800 System Reference; Using Key Combinations - Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference Manual

Power Conservation: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference
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Power Conservation: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3800
System Reference
Experimenting With Power Conservation

Using Key Combinations

Closing the Display
Suspend Mode
Experimenting With Power Conservation
In general, the lower the value you set for each power conservation feature, the longer the
battery's charge lasts. On the other hand, setting high values tends to optimize the computer's
performance.
To evaluate the way that different settings affect how long you can operate the computer on
battery power versus the relative efficiency of how the software performs, experiment as
follows:
Use the computer with all the options set at their default values.
Use the computer with all the options disabled or set to Off.
Use the computer with all the options set to their minimum or maximum values.
NOTE: For Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)-compliant
systems, power management settings are controlled from the Power
Management Properties window in the Control Panel. In other systems,
power management settings are controlled from the System Setup program.
Using Key Combinations
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Standby Mode
Power Management Properties for
Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows 2000
Power Management Properties for
Microsoft Windows NT
Save-to-Disk Suspend Mode