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To activate S2D, press <Fn><a> (or <Scroll Lock><a> on an external keyboard if the

External Hot Key

option is enabled in the System Setup

program). On a French keyboard, press <Fn><q> or <Scroll Lock><q>.

Resume from S2D mode by pressing the power button.

If you connect or remove devices while the computer is in S2D mode, the computer automatically recognizes the newly connected devices when it
resumes normal operation.

Some PC Cards may not operate correctly after resuming from S2D mode. If you encounter problems with a card, remove and reinsert the card.

Power Management Properties for Microsoft Windows 98

Windows 98 with Advanced Power Management (APM) provides the

Power Management

Properties

window for setting power conservation

features.

To access the

Power Management Properties

window and set the power management features, perform the following steps in Windows 98:

1. Click the

Start

button, point to

Settings

, and click

Control Panel

2. Double-click the

Power Management Properties

icon.

The

Power Management Properties

window contains the following tabs:

Power Scheme

—

Allows you to select one of three power mode settings.

Alarms

—

Allows you to set the

Low Battery

and

Critical Battery

alarms to alert you when the computer battery falls below a certain

percentage. When you received your computer, the

Low Battery

and

Critical Battery

alarms check boxes were not checked. Dell

recommends that you do not select these options.

Power Meter

—

Allows you to view the percentage of battery life remaining when your computer is operating on battery power. If your

computer is operating on AC power, the computer displays a message.

Advanced

—

Allows you to display the

Power Meter

on the Windows 98 taskbar and to display a password prompt when the computer

resumes from standby mode.

Hibernate (ACPI only)

—

Allows you to enable the hibernate feature.

Power Management Properties for Microsoft Windows NT

Dell provides Softex software compatible with the Power Management Controller, which allows you to suspend and resume your portable
computer without affecting your ability to use the docking station or its media bay.

For information about Softex power management software, see the Softex user

’

s guides at

http://www.dell.com/products/notebook/latitude/NT40.htm

and see your

Setup Guide

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NOTE: With systems running under ACPI, settings for power management features, such as key combinations,

External Hot Key

, and

S2D mode are controlled from the

Power Management Properties

window in the

Control Panel

. The key combinations of <Fn><a> or

<Scroll Lock><a> may not function with ACPI

if the settings have not been activated from the

Power Management Properties

window.

The S2D mode is referred to as the hibernate mode for systems running ACPI. To activate the hibernate mode, make sure that you
have configured the appropriate key combinations from the

Power Management Properties

window.

NOTE: With systems running ACPI, you cannot remove devices or undock your computer while in the S2D (hibernate) mode.

NOTE: Dell creates an appropriately sized S2D partition before shipping the computer to you. Use the S2D utility to remove the file, to
increase the size of the file, or to add the S2D file if you removed it. For more information about altering or creating an S2D file, see the

readme.S2D

file, which can be found in the

Dell Utilities

folder on your hard-disk drive or on the S2D diskette that came with your

computer.

NOTE: With systems running ACPI, select the

Notebook/Portable

setting as the

Power Scheme

to conserve battery life while

the system is in standby mode. If the

Always On