Chapter 5. BIOS Utilities
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Suspend and Resume
With these functions you can stop an operation and restart where you left off.
The hard disk is turned off, and the CPU is made idle at its slowest speed. All
open applications are retained in memory. This system features two suspend
mode levels: Power On Suspend (POS), which is called Standby in Widnows,
and Suspend to Disk (Save to Disk), which is named Hibernate in Windows.
Caution: Do not enter suspend mode when you are:
1. Accessing any of the disk drives, such as the HDD, FDD or CD-ROM drives.
2. Using any audio or video applications.
3. Playing a DOS game.
Power On Suspend (POS)
Power On Suspend saves less power, but takes the shorter time to return to full
operation. The system enters the POS mode by:
· Pressing the power button for less than four seconds
· Pressing Fn + Esc
· System suspend timer expires
· Low battery power (if set in your operating system)
Resume from POS Mode
The system will resume from Power On Suspend mode by:
· Pressing the power button for less than four seconds
· Pressing any key
· An incoming ring from a modem (if set in your operating system)
· Alarm resume is enabled and expires (if set in your operating system)
Suspend to Disk (Save to Disk)
Suspend to Disk uses no power and saves all of your information on a part of
the HDD. It saves the maximum power but takes the longest time to return to
full operation. You can set your notebook to automatically enter Suspend to
