Dell Latitude CPi User Guide - Page 95

Closing the Display, Suspend Mode, Suspend-to-Disk Mode, parallel port, the serial port, the touch pad

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Suspend-to-disk mode To activate, press . (On a French keyboard, press .) * To deactivate, press the power button. * These key combinations do not function with the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). Closing the Display One way to conserve power on the computer is to close the display when the computer is not in use. When you close the display and an external monitor is not connected, the computer's liquid crystal display (LCD) shuts off automatically. If you activate suspend mode, the display shuts off automatically when you close the display. NOTE: If an external monitor is connected when you close the display, the computer does not activate suspend mode. You can still use the external display. If the computer detects a wakeup alarm or receives a modem call while the display is closed, the computer handles the alarm or answers the call. After such input/output (I/O) activity ceases, the computer waits 1 minute before reactivating suspend mode. To resume work, open the display. (It may take several seconds for the computer to resume operation.) Suspend Mode Suspend mode stops almost all computer activity, but leaves the computer ready to resume operations immediately in about 20 to 30 seconds. Use suspend mode whenever you leave the computer unattended. Suspend mode conserves battery power by turning off the microprocessor clock, the display, the hard-disk drive, the CD-ROM drive (if installed), the external monitor connector, the external keyboard (if attached), the parallel port, the serial port, the touch pad, and the diskette drive. You can activate suspend mode immediately by pressing (or on an external keyboard if the External Hot Key option is enabled in the System Setup program). When suspend mode is activated, the power indicator is not lit. Resume from suspend mode by pressing the power button. The computer may take several seconds to return to normal operation. NOTES: On resumption from suspend mode, if a password is set, the system displays the password prompt screen. At the password prompt screen, if you do not enter a password within 2 minutes, the system returns to suspend mode. Suspend mode is known as standby mode under the Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system. Suspend-to-Disk Mode

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Suspend-to-disk mode
To activate, press <FN><A>. (On a French keyboard, press <FN><Q>.) *
To deactivate, press the power button.
*
These key combinations do not function with the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI
).
Closing the Display
One way to conserve power on the computer is to close the display when the computer is not in use. When
you close the display and an external monitor is
not
connected, the computer's liquid crystal display (LCD)
shuts off automatically. If you activate suspend mode, the display shuts off automatically when you close the
display.
NOTE: If an external monitor is connected when you close the display, the computer does not activate
suspend mode. You can still use the external display.
If the computer detects a wakeup alarm or receives a modem call while the display is closed, the computer
handles the alarm or answers the call. After such input/output (I/O) activity ceases, the computer waits 1
minute before reactivating suspend mode.
To resume work, open the display. (It may take several seconds for the computer to resume operation.)
Suspend Mode
Suspend mode stops almost all computer activity, but leaves the computer ready to resume operations
immediately in about 20 to 30 seconds. Use suspend mode whenever you leave the computer unattended.
Suspend mode conserves battery power by turning off the microprocessor clock, the display, the hard-disk
drive, the CD-ROM drive (if installed), the external monitor connector, the external keyboard (if attached), the
parallel port, the serial port, the touch pad, and the diskette drive.
You can activate suspend mode immediately by pressing <FN><Esc> (or <Scroll Lock><Esc> on an external
keyboard if the
External Hot Key
option is enabled in the System Setup program).
When suspend mode is activated, the power indicator is not lit.
Resume from suspend mode by pressing the power button. The computer may take several seconds to
return to normal operation.
NOTES: On resumption from suspend mode, if a password is set, the system displays the password
prompt screen. At the password prompt screen, if you do not enter a password within 2 minutes, the
system returns to suspend mode.
Suspend mode is known as standby mode under the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98 operating system.
Suspend-to-Disk Mode