Gateway M305 Gateway M305 Notebook User's Guide - Page 166

Chapter 8: Managing Power Changing power modes You can use the following power modes to lengthen the life of your notebook's battery: ■ Standby - while your notebook is in Standby, it switches to a low power state where devices, such as the display and drives, turn off. ■ Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes all current memory (RAM) information to the hard drive, then turns your notebook completely off. The next time you turn on your notebook, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you activated Hibernate mode. For more information on using Hibernate mode, see "Activating and using Hibernate mode" on page 161. Using power saving modes Always save your work before using Standby mode. In Standby mode, your notebook reduces or turns off the power to most devices except memory. However, the information in memory is not saved to the hard drive. If power is interrupted, the information is lost. When in Hibernate mode, your notebook saves all memory information to the hard drive, then turns the power completely off. If your notebook is... On On In Standby or Hibernate mode ...and you want to... Enter Standby mode Enter Hibernate mode (must be activated) Exit Standby or Hibernate mode ...then Press FN+STANDBY. -ORClose the LCD panel. In Windows XP, click Start, then click Turn Off Computer. Press and hold SHIFT, then click Hibernate. - OR In Windows 2000, click Start, then click Shut Down. Click the arrow button to open the What do you want your computer to do list, then click Hibernate. Click OK. Press the power button. 156 www.gateway.com