Dell Inspiron 2000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 101

Maximum Battery Life

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Power Switch Mode Specifies whether the power button operates in On/Off or Suspend/Resume mode. When the option is set to On/Off, the power button turns the computer on and off. When the option is set to Suspend/Resume, the power button suspends or resumes the computer. PM Control Enables or disables all power management features for the battery only or for both the battery and the AC power adapter. AC/Battery enables the power management features regardless of power source. Battery Only (the default) enables power management features only while the computer is running on battery power. Disabled completely disables the power management features. Power Management Customized (the default) allows you to control each power management setting. Maximum Battery Life conserves the maximum amount of system power and sets Video Timeout, Hard Disk Timeout, and Auto Suspend Timeout to 2 minutes each. Maximum Performance conserves power but allows the greatest system performance and sets Video Timeout to 10 minutes, Hard Disk Timeout to 5 minutes, and Auto Suspend Timeout to 10 minutes. Video Timeout Lets you determine how long the keyboard, touch pad, and PS/2 mouse remain idle (no I/O activity) before the display and backlight turn off. The display and backlight turn on again at the first attempt to access the keyboard, touch pad, PS/2 mouse, or display memory. Settings are Off, 30 Minutes, 20 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 5 Minutes, and 2 Minutes.To increase battery operating time, set this option to a lower number of minutes. To use this option, you must set Power Management to Customized. Hard Disk Timeout Lets you determine how long the hard-disk drive remains idle (no I/O activity) before the drive motor shuts down. The drive motor starts up again at the first attempt to access the hard-disk drive. Settings are Off, 30 Minutes, 20 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 5 Minutes, and 2 Minutes. To increase battery operating time, set this option to a lower number of minutes.To use this option, you must set Power Management to Customized. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the system Help. support.dell.com Using the System Setup Program B-11

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support.dell.com
Using the System Setup Program
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Power Switch
Mode
Specifies whether the power button operates in
On/Off
or
Suspend/Resume
mode.
When the option is set to
On/Off
, the power button turns
the computer on and off. When the option is set to
Sus-
pend/Resume
, the power button suspends or resumes the
computer.
PM Control
Enables or disables all power management features for the
battery only or for both the battery and the AC power
adapter.
AC/Battery
enables the power management fea-
tures regardless of power source.
Battery Only
(the default)
enables power management features only while the com-
puter is running on battery power.
Disabled
completely
disables the power management features.
Power Manage-
ment
Customized
(the default) allows you to control each power
management setting.
Maximum Battery Life
conserves the
maximum amount of system power and sets
Video Time-
out
,
Hard Disk Timeout
, and
Auto Suspend Timeout
to
2 minutes each.
Maximum Performance
conserves power
but allows the greatest system performance and sets
Video
Timeout
to 10 minutes,
Hard Disk Timeout
to
5 minutes, and
Auto Suspend Timeout
to 10 minutes.
Video Timeout
Lets you determine how long the keyboard, touch pad, and
PS/2 mouse remain idle (no I/O activity) before the display
and backlight turn off. The display and backlight turn on again
at the first attempt to access the keyboard, touch pad, PS/2
mouse, or display memory. Settings are
Off
,
30 Minutes
,
20 Minutes
,
15 Minutes
,
10 Minutes
,
5 Minutes
, and
2 Minutes
.To increase battery operating time, set this option
to a lower number of minutes. To use this option, you must
set
Power Management
to
Customized
.
Hard Disk Timeout
Lets you determine how long the hard-disk drive remains
idle (no I/O activity) before the drive motor shuts down. The
drive motor starts up again at the first attempt to access the
hard-disk drive. Settings are
Off
,
30 Minutes
,
20 Minutes
,
10 Minutes
,
5 Minutes
, and
2 Minutes
. To increase battery
operating time, set this option to a lower number of min-
utes.To use this option, you must set
Power Management
to
Customized
.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the
system Help.