User`s guide

Power-saving modes

Mode

Doze

(disabled by

default)

Standby

(disabled by

default)

Suspend

Power-saving operations

Slows down the processor

Lowers the processor speed further and the monitor

screen goes blank (the monitor is placed in a low power

consumption mode only if it is Energy Star compliant)

Stops the processor clock, powers down the hard disk

drive(s), and the monitor screen goes blank (the monitor

is placed in a low power consumption mode only if it is

Energy Star compliant)

To resume activity when your system is in a power-saving

mode, press a keyboard key or move the mouse.

If your system was in Suspend mode, it takes a few moments

for the monitor to display and for the hard disk drive to return

to active mode. You’ll hear it start again. It takes a few seconds

for the drive to reach its full operating speed and read or write

to the disk.

Note

Some hard disk drives do not support power-saving modes.

Also, the delay caused by the hard disk drive returning to

active mode may cause errors in some applications. If you

have problems, you may want to disable any power-saving

features for the hard disk drive; see “Setting the Green PC

Features” in Chapter 2.

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