Compaq CQ50-139WM Power Management - Windows Vista - Page 6

Initiating and exiting Hibernation, Start, Hibernate

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When the computer exits Sleep, the power lights turn on and your work returns to the screen where you stopped working. NOTE: If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows password before your work will return to the screen. Initiating and exiting Hibernation The system is set at the factory to initiate Hibernation after 120 minutes (2 hours) of inactivity when running on battery power, 1,080 minutes (18 hours) of inactivity when running on external power, or when the battery reaches a critical battery level. Power settings and timeouts can be changed using Power Options in Windows Control Panel. To initiate Hibernation: ▲ Press fn+f5. - or - Click Start, click the arrow next to the Lock button, and then click Hibernate. To exit Hibernation: ▲ Press the power button briefly. The power lights turn on and your work returns to the screen where you stopped working. NOTE: If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows password before your work will return to the screen. 2 Chapter 1 Setting power options

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When the computer exits Sleep, the power lights turn on and your work returns to the screen where you
stopped working.
NOTE:
If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows password
before your work will return to the screen.
Initiating and exiting Hibernation
The system is set at the factory to initiate Hibernation after 120 minutes (2 hours) of inactivity when
running on battery power, 1,080 minutes (18 hours) of inactivity when running on external power, or
when the battery reaches a critical battery level.
Power settings and timeouts can be changed using Power Options in Windows Control Panel.
To initiate Hibernation:
Press
fn+f5
.
– or –
Click
Start
, click the arrow next to the Lock button, and then click
Hibernate
.
To exit Hibernation:
Press the power button briefly.
The power lights turn on and your work returns to the screen where you stopped working.
NOTE:
If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows password
before your work will return to the screen.
2
Chapter 1
Setting power options