User’s Manual 3-5
Getting Started
Benefits of Sleep Mode
The Sleep Mode feature provides the following benefits:
■ Restore the previous working enviroment more rapidly than does the
Hibernation Mode feature.
■ Saves power by shutting down the system when the computer receives
no input or hardware access for the time period set by the System
Sleep Mode feature.
■ Allows the use of the panel power off feature.
Executing Sleep Mode
You can enter Sleep Mode in one of three ways:
1. Click Start then click the Sleep button ( ) located in the power
management buttons ( ), or click the arrow button ( ) and
select Sleep from the menu.
2. Close the computer’s LCD display panel. Please note that this feature
must be enabled. To enable it, click Start Control Panel System
and Maintenance Power Options.
3. Press the power button. This feature must be enabled. To enable it,
click Start Control Panel System and Maintenance
Power Options Choose what the power button do.
When you turn the power back on, you can continue where you left when
you shutdown the computer.
■ When the AC adapter is connected, the computer will go into Sleep
Mode according to the settings in the Power Options.
■ To restore the operation from the computer from Sleep Mode, press the
power button or press any key.
■ If the computer enters Sleep Mode while a network application is
active, the application might not be restored when the computer is next
turned on and the system returns from Sleep Mode.
■ To prevent the computer from automatically entering Sleep Mode,
disable Sleep Mode within the Power Options. However, this
configuration will nullify the computer’s Energy Star compliance.
■ Before entering Sleep Mode, be sure to save your data.
■ Do not install or remove a memory module while the computer is in
Sleep Mode. The Computer or the module could be damaged.
■ Do not remove the battery pack while the computer is in Sleep Mode,
unless the computer is connected to an AC power source. Data in
memory will be lost.
You can enter also Sleep Mode by pressing Fn + F3. Refer to Chapter 5,
The Keyboard for more details.