HP pavilion n5400 Manuale Di Servizio

Traveling with Your Computer 
Managing Power Consumption 

52 Reference 

Guide 

To set power management properties 

1.  Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Power Options. 

2.  On the Power Schemes tab, set the timeout periods you prefer. (You can choose 

Never, but that setting is not recommended for hibernate mode.)  

3.  On the Advanced tab, select actions for the lid, power switch, and standby button. 

4. Click OK. 

CAUTION 

Make sure hibernation support is enabled in the Power Options Hibernate tab, or 
you will lose any unsaved data if the computer’s battery runs down completely.  

To use manual power management 

You can manage your computer’s power manually whenever you need to with any of the 
following three levels of power management. 

System Standby 

Action 

Turns off the display and hard disk drive.  

When 

Press the blue standby button 
-OR- 
Click Start, Turn Off Computer, Stand By  
-OR- 
Configure lid, power switch, or standby 
button to perform the standby action (see 
“To set power management properties,” 
above). Then close lid or press button. 

Resume 

Press the blue standby button to return to 
your current session. 

System standby can also occur automatically when the timeout setting in Power Options 
in Control Panel is reached. 

CAUTION 

Make a habit of saving your work before allowing your computer to go to system 
standby. If there is an interruption in power while the computer is in standby, 
information that has not been saved will be lost.