Power management, Screen blank state, Putting the computer to sleep or shutting it down – Lenovo M50-70 Notebook User Manual

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Power management

Note: Power management modes are not supported for APM operating system.

To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management

modes: screen blank, sleep (standby), and shut down.

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

F9.

To end screen blank state and resume normal operation, press any key.

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, do one of the

following:

• Close the display panel.
• Press the power button.
• Do the proper operations in the operating system.

Windows 7:
Click

StartSleep.

Windows 8.1:
Open the Charms and then select

Settings

Power

Sleep.

Attention: 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 any key on the keyboard.
• Press the power button.

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