User`s guide

Power and Your Computer
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In the Save to Disk mode, all system logic (except for the battery charger) is turned off.
During the Suspend-to-Disk mode, the DRAM and video memory are saved to the hard
disk and are restored when the system is resumed. Suspend-to-Disk can be configured
by entering the BIOS Setup Program.
Suspend to Disk Mode is entered by:
• Pressing the Suspend/Resume button if the Suspend Mode field in the BIOS is set to
Save to Disk
• Pressing the [fn+F] hot key combination
• When the system has been in Save to RAM for the period of time specified in the
Suspend to Disk Time-out field in the BIOS Setup Program.
• Automatically when the battery reaches a critical low power level. If the notebook
is in Suspend to RAM when a critical low power level is reached, the system will
turn back on for a moment and enter Suspend to Disk.
Suspend to Disk Mode is exited as follows:
• Pressing the Suspend/Resume button.
If the AC Power Save field in the BIOS is set to Off, all power management will be
disabled when operating on AC power. In this mode the system will provide maximum
performance.
A Power Management Example
It may be helpful to enter the BIOS Setup Program (pressing F2 key during bootup), and
open the Power Menu for a visual reference as you read through this section.
The time-out settings for Standby, Suspend (to RAM) Time-out and the Suspend-to-Disk
Time-out specify the amount of time the system must be inactive before the next power
management level is enabled.
In this example the system is left idle, allowing the Power Management features to
trigger automatically. The individual Power Savings fields in the BIOS are configured
to the following times:
• Standby Time-out is set to 5 minutes
• Suspend (to RAM) Time-out is set to 5 minutes
• Suspend-to-Disk Time-out is set to 10 minutes