Asus E500CA User's Manual for English Edition - Page 34

Thermal Power Control, Sleep, Windows, Fn F1, Hibernate

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Sleep is the same as Suspend-toRAM (STR). This function stores your current data and status in RAM while many components are turned off. Because RAM is volatile, it requires power to keep (refresh) the data. Click the Windows button and the arrowhead next to the lock icon to see this option.You can also use the keyboard shortcut [Fn F1] to activate this mode. Recover by pressing any keyboard key except [Fn]. (NOTE: The power indicator will blink in this mode.) Hibernate is the same as Suspend-to-Disk (STD) and stores your current data and status on the hard disk drive. By doing this, RAM does not have to be periodically refreshed and power consumption is greatly reduced but not completely eliminated because certain wake-up components like LAN needs to remain powered. Hibernate saves more power compared to Sleep. Click the Windows button and the arrowhead next to the lock icon to see this option. Recover by pressing the power button. (NOTE: The power indicator will be off in this mode.) Thermal Power Control There are three power control methods for controlling the Notebook PC's thermal state. These power control cannot be configured by the user and should be known in case the Notebook PC should enter these states. The following temperatures represent the chassis temperature (not CPU). • The fan turns on for active cooling when the temperature reaches the safe upper limit. • The CPU decreases speed for passive cooling when the temperature exceeds the safe upper limit. • The system shut down for critical cooling when temperature exceeds the maximum safe upper limit. 34 Notebook PC User Manual

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Notebook PC User Manual
Sleep
is the same as Suspend-to-
RAM (STR). This function stores
your current data and status in
RAM while many components
are turned off. Because RAM
is volatile, it requires power to
keep (refresh) the data. Click
the
Windows
button and the
arrowhead next to the lock icon
to see this option. You can also use the keyboard shortcut [
Fn F1
]
to activate this mode. Recover by pressing any keyboard key except
[Fn]. (NOTE: The power indicator will blink in this mode.)
Hibernate
is the same as Suspend-to-Disk (STD) and stores your
current data and status on the hard disk drive. By doing this, RAM
does not have to be periodically refreshed and power consumption
is greatly reduced but not completely eliminated because certain
wake-up components like LAN needs to remain powered.
Hibernate
saves more power compared to
Sleep
. Click the
Windows
button
and the arrowhead next to the lock icon to see this option. Recover
by pressing the power button. (NOTE: The power indicator will be off
in this mode.)
Thermal Power Control
There are three power control methods for controlling the Notebook
PC’s thermal state. These power control cannot be configured by
the user and should be known in case the Notebook PC should
enter these states. The following temperatures represent the chassis
temperature (not CPU).
The fan turns on for active cooling when the temperature reaches
the safe upper limit.
The CPU decreases speed for passive cooling when the temperature
exceeds the safe upper limit.
The system shut down for critical cooling when temperature ex-
ceeds the maximum safe upper limit.