Operation Manual

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The power management routines consist of a series of power saving
modes; suspend to RAM mode, and suspend to Disk mode.
In addition to the power saving modes, you can reduce power
consumption by turning off the built-in screen and forcing the hard disk
drive to power down.
All these power saving procedures are controlled from the system
setup utility as explained in chapter 3. If you plan to run your notebook
on battery power, use the setup utility to create an aggressive power
management routine that puts your notebook into a power saving mode
after very short periods of inactivity.
Standby and Suspend Modes
Your computer can either suspend to RAM or suspend to disk. You can
use the Setup Utility to program your computer so that is suspends to
RAM or disk.
Standby Mode
In Standby mode, your system turns off and reduces the power
consumption of a range of devices in order to save battery charge. The
system will turn off the back light of the LCD display, stop the hard disk
drive, and put the CPU into doze mode. You can instantly return to full
power by pressing the Fn + F2 key combination.
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
notebook 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 [Fn] + [F2]. If you are operating your
notebook on battery power, a fully charged battery can maintain a
Suspend-to-RAM for many hours.
Suspend-to-Disk
Suspend-to-Disk 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