Power management, Screen blank state, Putting the computer to sleep or shutting it down – Lenovo M5400 Touch Notebook User Manual

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Lenovo B5400/M5400/M5400 Touch Hardware Maintenance Manual

Power management

Note: Power management modes are not supported for an APM operating

system.

To reduce power consumption, the computer has two power management

modes: screen blank, sleep (standby).

Screen blank state

If the time set on the “Turn off monitor” timer in the operating system expires,

the LCD backlight turns off. You can also turn off the LCD backlight by

pressing

.

To end screen blank state and resume normal operation, press

.

Putting the computer to sleep or shutting it down

When you have finished working with your computer, you can put it to sleep or

shut it down.

Putting your computer to sleep

If you will be away from your computer for only a short time, put the computer to

sleep. When the computer is in sleep mode, you can quickly wake it to resume

use, bypassing the startup process. To put the computer to sleep:

• For the Windows 7 operating system:

– Click

Start. Then select Sleep from the Shut down menu options.

– Press

Fn+F1.

• For the Windows 8 operating system:

– Move your cursor to the lower-right corner of the screen to open the

charms bar, then select

Settings

Power

Sleep.

– Press

Fn+F1.

Attention: Wait until the power indicator light starts blinking (indicating that

the computer is in sleep mode) before you move your computer. Moving your

computer while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing

loss of data.

To wake the computer, do one of the following:
• Press Fn key on the keyboard.
• Press the power button.

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