Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 (PSAC1) User Manual

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User’s Manual

3-7

Getting Started

Benefits of Sleep Mode

The Sleep Mode feature provides the following benefits:

Restores the previous working environment more rapidly than does the

Hibernation Mode feature.

Saves power by shutting down the system when the computer receives

no input or hardware access for the time period set by the System

Sleep Mode feature.

Allows the use of the panel power off feature.

Executing Sleep Mode

You can enter Sleep Mode in one of four ways:

Click Start then click the power button (

) located in the power

management buttons (

).

Please note that this feature must be enabled within the Power Options

(to access it, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance

-> Power Options).

When the AC adaptor is connected, the computer will go into Sleep

Mode according to the settings in the Power Options (to access it, Start

-> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power Options).

To restore the operation of the computer from Sleep Mode, press the

power button. Please be aware that this latter action only works on the

internal keyboard if the Wake-up on Keyboard option is enabled within

the HW Setup utility.

If the computer enters Sleep Mode while a network application is

active, the application might not be restored when the computer is next

turned on and the system returns from Sleep Mode.

To prevent the computer from automatically entering Sleep Mode,

disable Sleep Mode within the Power Options (to access it, Start ->

Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power Options).

However, please be aware that this configuration will nullify the

computer's Energy Star compliance.

To use the Hybrid Sleep function, configure it in the Power Options.

Before entering Sleep Mode, be sure to save your data.

Do not install or remove a memory module while the computer is in

Sleep Mode. The computer or the memory module could be damaged.

Do not remove the battery pack while the computer is in Sleep Mode

(unless the computer is connected to an AC power source). Data in

memory could be lost.

You can also enable Sleep Mode by pressing Fn + F3 - please refer to

Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

, for further details.

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