Acer 390 Series, Service Manual

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1-26 Service Guide
LIGHT GREEN MODE
The notebook consumes very low power in light green mode. Data and I/O connections remain
intact in the system memory until battery is drained.
Table 1-32 Light Green Mode Conditions and Descriptions
Condition Description
The condition to enter
Light Green Mode
•
PCMCIA I/O Card detected and occupy resources (Non Cardbus mode).
•
HPM timer times out or cover close or APM standby / suspend function calls.
The condition of Light
Green Mode
•
Issue a beep.
•
Only HDD, VGA enter standby
The condition back to
On Mode Any one of following activities will let system back to Normal Mode:
•
Any keystroke (Internal KB or External KB)
•
Modem ring.
HIBERNATION MODE
In hibernation mode, all power shuts off (the computer does not consume any power). The
computer saves all system information onto the hard disk before it enters hibernation mode. Once
you turn on the power, the computer restores this information and resumes where you left off upon
leaving hibernation mode.
If the computer beeps but does not enter hibernation mode after pressing the sleep
hot key, it means the operating system will not allow the computer to enter the
power saving mode.
Do not change any devices (such as add memory or swap hard disks when the
computer is in hibernation mode.
If the computer detects a PC I/O card installed in the PC card slots, the computer
enters light green mode to maintain your communications connection. It will not
enter standby nor hibernation mode.