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Note Traveling with Your Computer Managing Power Consumption When the system hibernates as a result of a critically low battery, you will find when resuming that all your data has been saved but that some functions may be disabled. To resume normal operation, restore power (by connecting AC power or installing a charged battery), perform a full shutdown, and then restart the computer. Turn off monitor Action When Resume Turns off the display. This conserves battery power and extends the life of the display. No activity of the keyboard or mouse for the specified interval. Press any key or move the pointer to return to your current session. Turn off hard disks Action When Resume Turns off only the hard disk drive. This is usually set to occur shortly after the monitor is turned off. No hard disk access for the specified interval. Press any key or move the pointer to return to your current session. System standby Action When Resume Turns off the display and hard disk drive to conserve battery power. No activity of the keyboard or mouse, no disk drive access, and no port (serial, parallel, or IR) activity for the specified interval. Press the blue standby button to return to your current session. A message box appears 15 seconds before system standby takes effect. This allows you to stop the process and save your work if you have not recently done so. (In Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000, standby and suspend are equivalent terms.) Reference Guide 49

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Traveling with Your Computer
Managing Power Consumption
Reference Guide
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Note
When the system hibernates as a result of a critically low battery, you will find when
resuming that all your data has been saved but that some functions may be disabled. To
resume normal operation, restore power (by connecting AC power or installing a
charged battery), perform a full shutdown, and then restart the computer.
Turn off monitor
Action
Turns off the display. This conserves
battery power and extends the life of the
display.
When
No activity of the keyboard or mouse for
the specified interval.
Resume
Press any key or move the pointer to
return to your current session.
Turn off hard disks
Action
Turns off only the hard disk drive. This is
usually set to occur shortly after the
monitor is turned off.
When
No hard disk access for the specified
interval.
Resume
Press any key or move the pointer to
return to your current session.
System standby
Action
Turns off the display and hard disk drive to
conserve battery power.
When
No activity of the keyboard or mouse, no
disk drive access, and no port (serial,
parallel, or IR) activity for the specified
interval.
Resume
Press the blue standby button to return to
your current session.
A message box appears 15 seconds before system standby takes effect. This allows you to
stop the process and save your work if you have not recently done so. (In Windows 98,
Windows ME and Windows 2000,
standby
and
suspend
are equivalent terms.)