Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


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SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPowerManagementOptions62
inthismode.Ifyouleaveyourcomputerinpoweronsuspend
forseveraldayswithouttheACadapterattached,the
computer’sbatterywilldischarge.
SaveToDisk:Thismodeprovidesthegreatestpower-saving
capabilitiesbyessentiallyturningoffyourcomputer.Inthis
mode,allsystemlogic(exceptforyourcomputerwakeup
circuitryandbatterycharger)isturnedoff.Duringsavetodisk
mode,theDRAMandvideomemoryaresavedtothehard
driveandarerestoredwhenyourcomputerresumesoperation.
Youcanpress<Fn+F11>tomanuallyplaceyourcomputerinto
suspendmode.
Whenyouusethe<Fn+F11>keycombination,
yourcomputermaypostponeenteringsuspend
modeduringacriticaloperation,suchas
readingfromorwritingtotheharddrive.
Toresumetofull-powermode,pressthepowerbutton.
Oncealldevicesreturntofull-powermode,allactivesoftware
applicationsandsystemstatesarerestoredtoexactlyhowtheywere
beforeyourcomputerenteredsuspendmode.
Whenyourcomputerentersorresumesfromsavetodiskmode,
screensappearindicatingsystemstatus.Thesestatusscreensdonot
appearwhenthecomputerentersorresumesfrompoweronsuspend.
SuspendModePrecautions
Observethefollowingprecautionswhenusingsuspendmode:
Saveallopenfilesbeforeyoupress<Fn+F11>tomanually
placeyourcomputerintosuspendmode.
Ifyoupurchasedanewharddrive,makesurethatyoucreatea
savetodiskpartitionequaltotheamountofsystemmemory
plus2MBbeforeyouenablesavetodiskmode.See“Creating
aSavetoDiskPartition”onpage65formoreinformation.
Donottrytoresumetofull-powermodeusingbatterypowerif
thebatterychargeislow.Ifthebatterychargeistoolow,the
systemmaynotbeabletoresumefully.PlugintheACadapter
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