User’s Manual
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Getting Started
Benefits of Sleep Mode
The Sleep Mode feature provides the following benefits:
■
Restores the previous working environment more rapidly than does the
Hibernation Mode feature.
■
Saves power by shutting down the system when the computer receives
no input or hardware access for the time period set by the System
Sleep Mode feature.
■
Allows the use of the panel power off feature.
Executing Sleep Mode
You can enter Sleep Mode in one of the following ways:
■
Click
Start
, point to the arrow icon (
) and then select
Sleep
from the menu.
■
Close the display panel. Please note that this feature must be enabled
within the Power Options (to access it, click
Start
->
Control Panel
->
System and Security
->
Power Options
).
■
Press the power button. Please note that this feature must be enabled
within the Power Options (to access it, click
Start
->
Control Panel
->
System and Security
->
Power Options
).
■
Before entering Sleep Mode, be sure to save your data.
■
Do not install or remove a memory module while the computer is in
Sleep Mode. The computer or the memory module could be damaged.
■
Do not remove the battery pack while the computer is in Sleep Mode
(unless the computer is connected to an AC power source). Data in
memory could be lost.
■
When the AC adaptor is connected, the computer will go into Sleep
Mode according to the settings in the Power Options (to access it,
Start
->
Control Panel
->
System and Security
->
Power Options
).
■
To restore the operation of the computer from Sleep Mode, press and
hold the power button or any key on the keyboard for a short amount of
time. Please note that keyboard keys can only be used if the Wake-up
on Keyboard option is enabled within the HW Setup utility.
■
If the computer enters Sleep Mode while a network application is
active, the application might not be restored when the computer is next
turned on and the system returns from Sleep Mode.
■
To prevent the computer from automatically entering Sleep Mode,
disable Sleep Mode within the Power Options (to access it,
Start
->
Control Panel
->
System and Security
->
Power Options
).
■
To use the Hybrid Sleep function, configure it in the Power Options.
You can also enable Sleep Mode by pressing
FN
+
F3
- please refer to
Chapter 5,
, for further details.
