Fujitsu 420D, User Manual

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Pressing the Suspend Button until
acknowledged.
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Selecting Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
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Selecting Suspend from the Desktop Power
Bar.
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Timing out from lack of activity.
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Battery level reaching the Dead Battery
warning condition.
Your notebook’s RAM typically stores the file(s)
on which you are working, the open applica-
tion(s) and any other data required to support
the operation(s) in progress. When you resume
operation from Suspend Mode it returns to
the point in the operation where it left o
ff
before going into the mode. You must use the
Suspend/Resume Button to resume operation
and there must be an adequate power source
available or your notebook will not resume.
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C A U T I O N
If you are running your notebook on bat-
t e ry power, be aware that the battery con-
tinues to discharge while your notebook is
in Suspend Mode, though not as fast as
when fully operational. With a fully
c h a rged Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Pack
the Suspend Mode will maintain your sta-
tus for approximately 24 hours or more .
Suspend Mode
The Suspend Mode saves the contents of your
notebook’s memory (RAM) during periods of
inactivity by maintaining power to RAM while
turning o
ff
the CPU, the display, the hard drive
and all of the other internal components except
those necessary to recognize the Suspend/
Resume Button and restart everything.
Your notebook can be suspended to Suspend
Mode by:
C A U T I O N
Loss of all power sources, including bat-
tery, while in the Suspend Mode will
cause loss data and inability to return to
operation with the Resume Button.
Save-to-Disk Mode
The Save-to-Disk function saves the contents of
your notebook’s memory (RAM) to hard drive
whenever you:
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Press the Su s pend But ton u n til ack n owl ed ged .
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Select Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
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Select Save-to-Disk from the Desktop
Power Bar.
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Time out from lack of activity.