Compaq Evo Notebook PC n115 Users Guide Evo Notebook N115 - Page 73

Starting and Ending Power Modes, resume from Suspend, your information returns to the screen

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Caring for Your Battery Sleep, also called Standby, is an energy-saving feature that reduces power to system components that are not being used. When Sleep is initiated, your information is saved in Random Access Memory (RAM), and the screen is cleared. Your notebook is still on, but the display is blank. When you resume from Suspend, your information returns to the screen where you were previously working. S Did you know... Returning to information saved in Hibernation takes longer than returning to information saved in Sleep but is faster than returning to your information manually after restarting your notebook. Ä CAUTION: Although Sleep mode maintains system information and open files, you will lose any unsaved information if you turn off your notebook before you end the Sleep mode. Starting and Ending Power Modes The following table shows you how to start and end the various power modes of your notebook. S Did you know... Your notebook automatically goes into Hibernation if your battery is low or after one hour of Sleep. When your notebook is on AC power, it does not go into Hibernation. Users Guide 6-9

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Caring for Your Battery
Users Guide
6–9
Sleep, also called Standby, is an energy-saving feature that
reduces power to system components that are not being used.
When Sleep is initiated, your information is saved in Random
Access Memory (RAM), and the screen is cleared. Your
notebook is still on, but the display is blank. When you
resume from Suspend, your information returns to the screen
where you were previously working.
S
Did you know...
Returning to information saved in Hibernation
takes longer than returning to information saved in Sleep but is
faster than returning to your information manually after
restarting your notebook.
Ä
CAUTION:
Although Sleep mode maintains system information
and open files, you will lose any unsaved information if you turn off
your notebook before you end the Sleep mode.
Starting and Ending Power Modes
The following table shows you how to start and end the various
power modes of your notebook.
S
Did you know...
Your notebook automatically goes into
Hibernation if your battery is low or after one hour of Sleep.
When your notebook is on AC power, it does not go into
Hibernation.