By adjusting correctly the stand-by mode parameters of your computer, it is possible to decrease in a significant way the electric consumption of your computer and your screen.

The stand-by mode is adapted for the stop during the day. The complete stop of your computer is however necessary in the evening and during the weekend, rather with a device Stop Standby cutting any consumption.

What does a prolonged setting in a stand-by mode mean?

When you put your computer in a prolonged stand-by mode, it registers the contents of the memory on the hard disk before setting in stand-by mode. In this way, by taking of the stand-by mode, it returns to its preceding state.

How to proceed?

• in the menu "start", select "Parameters" then "Configuration panel" and double click the icon "Option of supply" or make a right click on the icon on the right bottom of the screen “battery” and select "Adjust the properties”,

• in the tab "prolonged stand-by mode", mark the compartment "Activate the coverage of the prolonged setting in a stand-by mode", then click "apply",

• If the tab “prolonged Setting in a stand-by mode” is not available means that the computer does not consider this function,

• in the tab "APM", choose the compartment "Activate the coverage of the advanced management of the supply", then click “apply”,

• if the tab "APM” is not available means that the advanced supply management is already taken into account by your computer,

• finally, in the tab "Mode of supply management", select half an hour in the drop-down menu "prolonged Setting in a stand-by mode".