LAPTOP - Advanced Power Management Settings (Windows Vista)

First of all, let's explain what it means "power plan”And why a correct setting his.

"Power plan" in Romanian would translate "power plan", More precisely, a series of settings of hardwareacquis and OSTo achieve a balance between avatajos as electricity consumption and system performance. These settings are specific energy plan laptopSites, because they are about the most popular mobile computers (PC phones) using Battery. O tell me someone on here that these plans are used in the case computers desktop whose power is acquired by UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) In case of power failure. Mostly true, but we'll talk about that in another topic.

On any laptop must be set at least two such energy plans. One for direct power outlet (plugged in) And a battery (battery). Each of these two cases will have specific settings depending on how you want to distribute energy resources to the hardware and operating system. I must tell you that the largest consumer of energy is Site (over 40%), followed by Chipset (~ 25%), processor, video card, hard drive and network. Let's see how we can set the power plan to get maximum performance system in case the laptop is powered by outlet or one that is powered by battery.

Settings to reach energy plan must follow a few simple steps.

Control Panel -> Mobile PC ->

Power-options

-> Power Options. Under the active plane (BalancedIn the case below), click on Change plan settings.

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Reach panel where you can set displayand the type interval after which the system should enter the mode sleep, when not using the computer.

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When the laptop is on battery, the time to close the display must be as short as possible. Preferably set a time interval between 3 - 6 minutes and a low light intensity to save as much energy as possible. If you run applications and are connected to the internet (especially if you have a download on), you should know that the mode "sleep”Application processes will only be stored in RAM, so you will need to restart the download session.
When the laptop is powered cable (from the outlet), it is recommended to set the optimal light intensity for your eyes. Closing the display and switching the system to mode sleep after a certain period of time they remain at your choice. When using the AC outlet power there is no need to do save resources. Electrical insignificant to affect your bill :)

To access the complete list of active plan settings (Balanced), click on “Change advanced power settings'

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It often happens that you leave a torrent/dc++ download session running and leave the laptop, and after you return you find that the session has been interrupted, even though you have set the system not to enter sleep never. Well, in this list from "Advanced settings” you will see that other parameters of the energy plan are set that you can modify according to your needs. In addition to light intensity, sleep and power button you still have to make settings for hard disk, flap, wireless, processor, multimedia and other special battery settings.

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Pictured above are contained settings hard disk and flap (lid). You can choose that when you leave the computer, hard disk- to stop after 10 minutes when the power is supplied by the battery, and after 3 hours when the power is via the cable (at the outlet). You can also determine how the system reacts when inchdeti clamshell laptop How long after you close the display when you are gone.
It is very important to focus attention on Battery energy plan. When you are on a trip and need laptop, you need to manage battery power as well. First no need to use a high light intensity and to run large applications that make full use of CPU and video card. This consumes most of the energy, and your working time will be considerably reduced if you don't have a power source at hand (socket or spare battery).
Establish critical energy value of the battery (preferably 3%) and action scheme has this value.

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If you have any questions and / or suggestions regarding this item, expecting comments.

- Specifically this tutorial is done on a laptop Toshiba Satellite A200 - OS: Windows Vista Home Premium -

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