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s Custom: Saves battery power according to your specifications by setting timeouts. This setting remains in effect until you change it. (See the following section for more information on timeouts.) NOTE: High, Medium, None, (Drain), or Custom settings remain in effect until you change them. Setting a Timeout Timeouts are specified periods of system or component inactivity designed to conserve power. When a timeout period has expired, battery conservation shuts down the system or the specified components to save power. For example, the hard disk idle default timeout is two minutes. If an application does not access information on the hard disk for two minutes, the hard disk shuts down until it is accessed again. Timeouts are set through the Conservation Settings or Hibernation tabs in Power Properties. Use timeouts in the following ways: 1. Use a preset timeout provided with the medium (default) or high level of battery conservation. 2. Set your own timeouts through the custom level of battery conservation so that the computer works more efficiently with your applications. NOTE: Programs with the autosave feature, or those that automatically write data to the hard disk, can cause the hard disk timer to reset when data is written to the hard disk. 5-18 Managing Power

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5-18
Managing Power
■
Custom:
Saves battery power according to your specifications
by setting timeouts. This setting remains in effect until you change
it.
(See the following section for more information on timeouts.)
NOTE:
High, Medium, None, (Drain), or Custom settings remain in
effect until you change them.
Setting a Timeout
Timeouts are specified periods of system or component inactivity
designed to conserve power. When a timeout period has expired,
battery conservation shuts down the system or the specified
components to save power.
For example, the hard disk idle default timeout is two minutes. If
an application does not access information on the hard disk for
two minutes, the hard disk shuts down until it is accessed again.
Timeouts are set through the Conservation Settings or Hibernation
tabs in Power Properties. Use timeouts in the following ways:
1.
Use a preset timeout provided with the medium (default) or
high level of battery conservation.
2.
Set your own timeouts through the custom level of battery
conservation so that the computer works more efficiently with
your applications.
NOTE:
Programs with the autosave feature, or those that
automatically write data to the hard disk, can cause the hard disk
timer to reset when data is written to the hard disk.