2–14 Hardware and Software Guide
Power
Different states may be used, depending on whether the notebook
is running on external or battery power. After a power scheme
has been set, no other intervention is required to control the
performance of your notebook processor. The following table
describes the processor performance on external and battery
power for the available power schemes.
Power Scheme
Processor Performance
While on External Power
Processor Performance
While on Battery Power
Home/Office Desk Always runs at the highest
performance state.
Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Portable/Laptop Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Presentation Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Runs at the lowest possible
performance state.
Always On Always runs at the highest
performance state.
Always runs at the highest
performance state.
Minimal Power
Management
Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Max Battery Performance state is
determined based on
CPU demand.
Runs at the lowest possible
performance state.
