Power Management
Turning On the Computer 3 - 3
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Turning On the Computer
Now you are ready to begin using your computer. To turn it on simply press the pow-
er button on the front panel.
When the computer is on, you can use the power button as a Stand by/Hibernate/
Shutdown hot-key button when it is pressed for less than
4 seconds
(pressing and
holding the power button for longer than this will shut the computer down). Use
Power Options
(
Hardware and Sound
) in the
Windows
control panel to configure
this feature.
Figure 3 - 1
Power Menu
(Settings - Charms
Bar)
Shut Down
Note that you should always shut your com-
puter down by choosing the
Shut Down
command from the
Power Menu
in the
Set-
tings
menu in the
Windows 8 Charms Bar
.
This will help prevent hard disk or system
problems. If you want to add
Hibernate/
Sleep
to the
Power Menu
see
“Adding Hi-
bernate/Sleep to the Power Menu” on
page 3 - 9
.
Summary of Contents for Multimedia PC
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Page 68: ...Quick Start Guide 1 40 1 ...
Page 98: ...Power Management 3 20 3 ...
Page 108: ...Drivers Utilities 4 10 4 ...
Page 124: ...BIOS Utilities 5 16 5 ...
Page 146: ...Upgrading The Computer 6 22 6 ...
Page 190: ...Modules Options 7 44 7 ...