Kensington M Series - Manual (Page 70)

Using Power Management Options 61
Standby Mode
The Standby Timeout field in System Setup enables you to specify
the time period that the computer can remain idle (no user input
or disk activity) before the computer enters standby mode. You
can disable this option by selecting Off, or you can specify a
Standby Timeout delay time of from 1 to 16 minutes.
In standby mode, the system and video memory and the video
controller slow down. The LCD backlight, hard drive, floppy
drive, PC Card controller, and some other devices turn off to
save energy. DPMS (a form of monitor power management) to
an external monitor is invoked.
To resume from standby, touch the touchpad. Do not press any
keys on your keyboard.
If you press a key to resume from standby, your
computer will recognize the function of the key
you pressed and perform that function. For
example, if you press <N> and a document is
open, an “n” is typed into your document.
If you enable both standby and rest modes, your computer
enters standby when the delay time you chose for standby has
elapsed, and then enters rest mode when the delay time you
chose for rest mode has elapsed.
Rest Mode
The Rest Timeout field in System Setup enables you to specify the
time period the computer can remain idle (no user input or
device activity) before the computer enters rest mode. You can
disable this option by selecting Off, or you can specify a Rest
Timeout delay time of from 5 to 60 minutes.
The Rest Mode field in System Setup defines what type of rest
mode your computer enters:
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Power On Suspend: This mode saves power by turning off
the microprocessor and DMA clocks, video, and all
controllable peripheral devices. The computer still uses
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