Dell Inspiron 7000 Dell Inspiron 7000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 39

Save-to-RAM, Save-to-disk, Enabled, Resume on Time of Day, Resume Time, Disabled

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Save-to-RAM (the default) suspend mode conserves battery power by stopping almost all computer activity, but leaves the computer ready to resume operations in seconds. Select the Save-to-RAM option whenever you leave the computer unattended for more than a few minutes. Resume normal computer activity by pressing the power button (the computer may take several seconds to return to normal operation). Save-to-disk suspend mode copies all system data to a reserved area on the harddisk drive and then turns off all power to the computer. When you resume normal operation, the same programs will be running and the same files will be open that were loaded before you activated this mode. Use Save-to-disk suspend mode to conserve battery power or to preserve system data by quickly saving it to the harddisk drive if you are about to run out of battery power. Setting this option to Enabled (the default) tells the computer to resume normal operation when an incoming call is detected by a modem and the computer is in standby mode. When the Resume on Time of Day option is set to Enabled, the computer resumes normal operation at the time specified in the Resume Time field after being in standby mode. The default for this option is Disabled. Resume Time lets you specify a time when the computer should get out of standby mode and resume normal operation. The following subsections explain each option in the Boot menu of the Setup program (Figure 2-5). The selections you make in this menu determine which disk device the computer uses to find the software needed to start the operating system. The same information is also available in the topic titled "Boot Menu" in the System User's Guide. Customizing System Features 2-11

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Customizing System Features
2-11
Save-to-RAM
(the default) suspend mode conserves battery power by stopping
almost all computer activity, but leaves the computer ready to resume operations in
seconds. Select the
Save-to-RAM
option whenever you leave the computer unat-
tended for more than a few minutes. Resume normal computer activity by pressing
the power button (the computer may take several seconds to return to normal
operation).
Save-to-disk
suspend mode copies all system data to a reserved area on the hard-
disk drive and then turns off all power to the computer. When you resume normal
operation, the same programs will be running and the same files will be open that
were loaded before you activated this mode. Use
Save-to-disk
suspend mode to
conserve battery power or to preserve system data by quickly saving it to the hard-
disk drive if you are about to run out of battery power.
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Setting this option to
Enabled
(the default) tells the computer to resume normal oper-
ation when an incoming call is detected by a modem and the computer is in standby
mode.
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When the
Resume on Time of Day
option is set to
Enabled
, the computer resumes
normal operation at the time specified in the
Resume Time
field after being in
standby mode. The default for this option is
Disabled
.
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Resume Time
lets you specify a time when the computer should get out of standby
mode and resume normal operation.
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The following subsections explain each option in the
Boot
menu of the Setup pro-
gram (Figure 2-5). The selections you make in this menu determine which disk device
the computer uses to find the software needed to start the operating system. The
same information is also available in the topic titled “Boot Menu” in the
System
User’s Guide
.