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Managing Power
5-3
Part Number: 228988-003 File Name: CH5.DOC
Writer: Lorise Fazio Saved Date: 09/18/96 12:25 PM
Using the Suspend Button
When you finish working, or if you want to pause in the middle of
your applications, initiate Suspend.
Suspend has the following benefits:
■
This feature puts the computer to sleep (for up to 100 hours with
fully charged Nickel Metal Hydride battery packs; up to 168
hours with Lithium Ion battery packs), uses very little power,
and saves your place in your applications.
■
During Suspend, most of the major components (hard drive,
processor, and display) shut down.
How Suspend Is Initiated
Suspend is initiated in one of three ways:
■
Manually, at any time, by pressing the suspend button
➊
once.
The power/suspend indicator light
➋
will blink slowly.
Suspend Button and Power/Suspend Indicator Light
■
Automatically, when a predefined timeout has been reached.
You can set the Suspend timeout period in Power Properties.
Or refer to Setting a Timeout in this chapter.
■
Manually, by clicking suspend from the Windows Start menu.