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Managing Power Consumption
52 User's Guide
System standby
Action
Turns off the display and hard disk drive.
Saves current session to RAM.
When
Fn+F3 or Fn+F4 or Start, Shut Down,
Standby.
Resume
Press the blue power button to return to
your current session.
System standby can also occur automatically when the timeout setting in the Power
Management Properties window is reached. (In Windows 98 and ME, there is no
difference between Standby and Suspend.)
Hibernate
Action
Saves the current session to disk, then
shuts down. Provides maximum power
savings while still allowing you to recover
the current session. In order to assure
maximum power savings, the timeout
setting in the BIOS Setup Utility has been
set to the default of 20 minutes.
When
Press Fn+F5.
Resume
Press the blue power button to recover your
current session. This takes several
seconds.
Hibernate can also occur automatically when:
•
Battery power reaches a critically low level (see “To respond to a low-battery
warning” on page 57).
•
The timeout setting in the BIOS Setup utility is reached (default is 2 hours after
System standby occurs).
Off
Action
Turning off your computer provides
maximum power savings. The current
session is not saved and unsaved data will
be lost
.
When
Start, Shut Down, Shut down.
Resume
Press the blue power button to start a new
session. This will take several seconds.