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Always On , or a timeout between 1 and 16 minutes. System
power will be restored when system activity is detected.
Suspend Controls
When you select this item, a dialog box will pop up allowing you to manually
customize some Suspend timeouts.
Lid Switch Function
This field is used to set the activity linked to pressing the lid
switch, as in closing the notebook screen cover. If the field is set
to
Suspend, closing the screen cover will suspend the system to
RAM. If the field is set to
Blank LCD , closing the screen cover will
merely blank the video screen.
Suspend Type
This box allows you to choose the type of suspend mode the
system should enter when a suspend event or demand occurs.
Suspend To Disk – This is really another way of turning off your
computer. When you suspend to disk, the contents of your
computer’s memory are copied to your hard disk drive as a file.
When the contents of the memory have been safely stored to
disk, your computer turns off. The next time the computer is
turned on after a suspend to disk, the file on the hard disk is
quickly read back into memory. In just a few moments, your
computer appears exactly as it was when you last suspended to
disk.
Suspend To RAM – In a suspend to RAM, the contents of your
computer’s memory are held intact, while practically all the rest of
the components in your computer turn off completely, or reduce
power consumption to a minimum. In a suspend to RAM, your
computer remains active but with the minimum possible power
consumption. You can return the computer to full power by
pressing the Space Bar. If you are operating your computer on
battery power, a fully charged battery can maintain a suspend to
RAM for many hours.
Suspend To Disk on Battery Low—You can enable or disable this
option. If this field is enabled. When your notebook with a low
battery condition around 5% of total charge, at this point, without
warning, the notebook will automatically save to hard disk and
turn off the system.