ThinkPad P50 - Page 92

Table 2. Config menu items (continued)
Menu item
Submenu item
Value
Comments
Adaptive Thermal
Management
Scheme for AC
• Maximize
Performance
• Balanced
Scheme for
Battery
• Maximize
Performance
• Balanced
Select a thermal management scheme to
use.
Maximize Performance: Reduce
microprocessor throttling.
Balanced: Balance sound, temperature,
and performance.
Note: Each scheme affects fan sound,
temperature, and performance.
CPU Power
Management
• Disabled
• Enabled
Enable or disable the power-saving
feature that stops the microprocessor
clock automatically when there are no
system activities. Normally, it is not
necessary to change the setting.
ExpressCard Speed
• Generation 1
• Automatic
Set the transfer speed of the
ExpressCard to the desired level of
performance.
• Generation 1: Some ExpressCards
are not Generation 2 aware, thus
incorrectly respond that they can
handle the higher transfer speed.
• Automatic: It allows the ExpressCard
to specify which transfer speed they
support.
PCI Express Power
Management
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables a feature that
automatically adjusts power
management when there is no PCI
Express activity. Normally, it is not
necessary to change this setting.
Power On with AC
Attach
• Disabled
• Enabled
Enable or disable a feature that powers
on the system when the ac power
adapter is attached.
If you select Enabled, the system is
powered on when the ac power adapter
is attached. When the system is in
hibernate state, the system resumes.
If you select Disabled, the system is not
powered on nor resumed when the ac
power adapter is attached.
Beep and Alarm Password Beep
• Disabled
• Enabled
Enable this option to have a beep sound
when the system is waiting for a power-
on, hard disk, or supervisor password.
Different beeps will sound when the
entered password matches or does not
match the configured password.
Keyboard Beep
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enable or disable keyboard beep when
unmanageable key combinations are
pressed.
74 P50 User Guide