Standby (sleep) mode – Intel Fujitsu P8010 User Manual

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59 - Power Management

Standby (Sleep) Mode

Standby (Sleep) mode in Windows saves the contents of your system memory during periods of
inactivity by maintaining power to critical parts. This mode turns off the CPU, display, hard drive, and
all other internal components except those necessary to maintain system memory and for restarting.

Your notebook can be put in Standby mode by:

Pressing the Power/Suspend/Resume button when your system is turned on.

Selecting Standby (“Sleep” in Windows Vista) from the Windows Shut Down menu.

Timing out from lack of activity.

Allowing the battery to reach the Dead Battery Warning condition.

Your notebook’s system memory typically stores the file on which you are working, open application
information, and any other data required to support operations in progress. When you resume
operation from Standby mode, your notebook will return to the point where it left off. You must use
the Power/Suspend/Resume button to resume operation, and there must be an adequate power source
available, or your notebook will not resume.

I

F

RUNNING

YOUR

NOTEBOOK

ON

BATTERY

POWER

,

BE

AWARE

THAT

THE

BATTERY

CONTINUES

TO

DISCHARGE

WHILE

YOUR

NOTEBOOK

IS

IN

S

TANDBY

MODE

,

THOUGH

NOT

AS

FAST

AS

WHEN

FULLY

OPERATIONAL

.

D

ISABLING

THE

P

OWER

/S

USPEND

/R

ESUME

BUTTON

PREVENTS

IT

FROM

BEING

USED

TO

PUT

THE

NOTEBOOK

INTO

S

TANDBY

OR

H

IBERNATION

(S

AVE

-

TO

-D

ISK

)

MODE

. T

HE

BUTTON

RESUME

FUNCTION

CAN

T

BE

DISABLED

.

T

HE

S

TANDBY

OR

H

IBERNATION

(S

AVE

-

TO

-D

ISK

)

MODE

SHOULD

NOT

BE

USED

WITH

CERTAIN

PC C

ARDS

. C

HECK

YOUR

PC C

ARD

DOCUMENTATION

FOR

MORE

INFORMATION

. W

HEN

PC C

ARDS

OR

EXTERNAL

DEVICES

ARE

IN

USE

, H

IBERNATION

(S

AVE

-

TO

-D

ISK

)

MODE

CANNOT

RETURN

TO

THE

EXACT

STATE

PRIOR

TO

SUSPENSION

,

BECAUSE

ALL

OF

THE

PERIPHERAL

DEVICES

WILL

BE

RE

-

INITIALIZED

WHEN

THE

SYSTEM

RESTARTS

.

I

F

YOUR

NOTEBOOK

IS

ACTIVELY

ACCESSING

INFORMATION

WHEN

YOU

ENTER

S

TANDBY

OR

H

IBERNATION

MODE

,

CHANGES

TO

OPEN

FILES

ARE

NOT

LOST

. F

ILES

ARE

LEFT

OPEN

AND

MEMORY

IS

KEPT

ACTIVE

DURING

S

TANDBY

MODE

OR

THE

MEMORY

IS

TRANSFERRED

TO

THE

INTERNAL

HARD

DRIVE

DURING

H

IBERNATION

MODE

.

T

HE

MAIN

ADVANTAGE

OF

USING

H

IBERNATION

(S

AVE

-

TO

-D

ISK

)

IS

THAT

POWER

IS

NOT

REQUIRED

TO

MAINTAIN

YOUR

DATA

. T

HIS

IS

PARTICULARLY

IMPORTANT

IF

YOU

WILL

BE

LEAVING

YOUR

NOTEBOOK

IN

A

SUSPENDED

STATE

FOR

A

PROLONGED

PERIOD

OF

TIME

. T

HE

DRAWBACK

OF

USING

H

IBERNATION

MODE

IS

THAT

IT

LENGTHENS

THE

POWER

DOWN

AND

POWER

UP

SEQUENCES

AND

RESETS

PERIPHERAL

DEVICES

.

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