User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your tablet
- Knowing the tablet parts
- Keyboard dock
- Releasing the tablet from the keyboard dock
- Labels
- Changing your tablet's settings
- Using TouchPad gestures
- Using touch screen gestures
- Setting Touch screen preferences
- Using the on-screen keyboard
- Using the digital pen (select models only)
- Finding your hardware and software information
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Navigating using the keyboard, touch gestures and pointing devices
- Managing power
- Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
- Setting password protection on wakeup
- Using the power meter and power settings
- Selecting a power plan
- Running on battery power
- Running on external AC power
- Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only)
- Shutting down (turning off) the tablet
- Managing and sharing information
- Maintaining your tablet
- Securing your tablet and information
- Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
6 Managing power
Your tablet can operate on either battery power or external power. When the tablet is only running on
battery power and an AC power source is not available to charge the battery, it is important to monitor
and conserve the battery charge. Your tablet supports power plans to manage how your tablet uses
and conserves power so that you can balance tablet performance with power conservation.
Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
Microsoft® Windows has two power-saving states, Sleep and Hibernation.
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Sleep–The Sleep state is automatically initiated after a period of inactivity when running on
battery power or on external power. Your work is saved to memory, allowing you to resume your
work very quickly. You can also initiate Sleep manually. For more information, see
Initiating and
exiting Sleep on page 44.
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Hibernation–The Hibernation state is automatically initiated if the battery reaches a critical level.
In the Hibernation state, your work is saved to a hibernation file and the tablet powers down.
NOTE: If you want to initiate Hibernation manually, you must enable Hibernation using Power
Options. For more information, see
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation on page 45.
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of possible audio and video degradation, loss of audio or video
playback functionality, or loss of information, do not initiate Sleep while reading from or writing to a
disc or an external media card.
NOTE: You cannot initiate any type of networking connection or perform any tablet functions while
the tablet is in the Sleep state or in Hibernation.
Intel Rapid Start Technology (select models only)
For select models, the Intel Rapid Start Technology (RST) feature is enabled by default. Rapid Start
Technology allows your tablet to resume quickly from inactivity.
Rapid Start Technology manages your power-saving options as follows:
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Sleep—Rapid Start Technology allows you to select the Sleep state. To exit from Sleep, press
any key, activate the TouchPad, or press the power button briefly.
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Hibernation—Rapid Start Technology initiates Hibernation after a period of inactivity while in the
Sleep state when running on battery power or on external power or when the battery reaches a
critical level. After Hibernation is initiated, press the power button to resume your work.
NOTE: Rapid Start Technology can be disabled in Setup Utility (BIOS). If you want to be able to
initiate the Hibernation state, you must enable user-initiated Hibernation using Power Options. See
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation on page 45.
Initiating and exiting Sleep
With the tablet on, you can initiate Sleep in the following way. From the Start screen, point to the
upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen. When the charms list opens, click Settings, click the
Power icon, and then click Sleep.
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