Toshiba Satellite U845W-S4170 User Guide - Page 103

Enabling/Disabling USB Sleep and Charge, Power supply mode settings, Enable, Disabled

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Utilities Sleep and Charge 103 ❖ When USB Sleep and Charge function is set to Enabled, the USB Wakeup function does not work for compatible port. In that case, if there is a USB port that does not have the USB Sleep and Charge function-compatible icon ( ), attach the mouse or keyboard to it. The USB Wakeup function will now work, but the USB Sleep and Charge function will be disabled. Metal paper clips or hair pins/clips will generate heat if they come into contact with USB ports. Do not allow USB ports to come into contact with metal products, for example when carrying the computer in your bag. Enabling/Disabling USB Sleep and Charge This utility can be used to enable or disable the USB Sleep and Charge function. To enable this function, select Enable. To disable this function, toggle the Enable button to the Disabled position. You can also control whether charging takes place when the computer is running on battery power. To do so, select or de-select the Enable under Battery Mode check box in the utility. If you enable charging when the computer is running on battery power, you can specify that charging stops when battery power drops below a certain level. Use the slider at the bottom of the utility window (beneath the "Lower limit of remaining battery life" heading) to specify when charging should stop. For example, if you set the slider to 10%, charging will stop when 10% or less of the battery power remains. Power supply mode settings Your computer may provide two different charging modes, to support various types of USB devices. If your computer provides more than one charging mode, the charging mode you should select depends on the USB device you want to charge. For example, Auto Mode, which is the default mode, will charge a wide variety of digital audio players. If your device does not charge in Auto Mode,

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Utilities
Sleep and Charge
When USB Sleep and Charge function is set to Enabled, the USB
Wakeup function does not work for compatible port.
In that case, if there is a USB port that does not have the USB
Sleep and Charge function-compatible icon (
), attach the
mouse or keyboard to it.
The USB Wakeup function will now work, but the USB Sleep and
Charge function will be disabled.
Metal paper clips or hair pins/clips will generate heat if they come
into contact with USB ports. Do not allow USB ports to come into
contact with metal products, for example when carrying the computer
in your bag.
Enabling/Disabling USB Sleep and Charge
This utility can be used to enable or disable the USB Sleep and
Charge function. To enable this function, select
Enable
. To disable
this function, toggle the Enable button to the
Disabled
position.
You can also control whether charging takes place when the
computer is running on battery power. To do so, select or de-select
the
Enable under Battery Mode
check box in the utility.
If you enable charging when the computer is running on battery
power, you can specify that charging stops when battery power
drops below a certain level. Use the slider at the bottom of the
utility window (beneath the “Lower limit of remaining battery life”
heading) to specify when charging should stop. For example, if you
set the slider to 10%, charging will stop when 10% or less of the
battery power remains.
Power supply mode settings
Your computer may provide two different charging modes, to
support various types of USB devices. If your computer provides
more than one charging mode, the charging mode you should select
depends on the USB device you want to charge. For example,
Auto
Mode
, which is the default mode, will charge a wide variety of
digital audio players. If your device does not charge in Auto Mode,