User's Manual Part 2

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Extending battery life
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Changing power modes
You can use the following power modes to lengthen the life of your convertible
tablet PC’s battery:
■ Standby - while your convertible tablet PC is in Standby, it switches to a
low power state where devices, such as the display and drives, turn off.
■ Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes all current memory (RAM)
information to the hard drive, then turns your convertible tablet PC
completely off. The next time you turn on your convertible tablet PC, it
reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the
programs and documents that were open when you activated Hibernate
mode. For more information on using Hibernate mode, see “Activating and
using Hibernate mode” on page 182.
Using power saving modes
Always save your work before using Standby mode. In Standby mode, your
convertible tablet PC reduces or turns off the power to most devices except
memory. However, the information in memory is not saved to the hard drive.
If power is interrupted, the information is lost.
When in Hibernate mode, your convertible tablet PC saves all memory
information to the hard drive, then turns the power completely off.
If your
convertible
tablet PC is...
...and you want to... ...then
On Enter Standby mode Press FN+STANDBY.
-OR-
Close the LCD panel.
On Enter Hibernate mode
(must be activated)
Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Turn Off Computer.
Press and hold
SHIFT, then click/tap Hibernate.
In Standby or
Hibernate mode
Exit Standby or
Hibernate mode
Slide the power switch.