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- Power Management
Powering Off
Before turning off the power, check that the hard drive/optical drive access indicator is off. If you turn off
the power while accessing a disk there is a risk of data loss. To ensure that your notebook shuts down
without error, use the Windows shut down procedure.
Using the correct procedure to shut down from Windows allows your notebook to complete its operations
and turn off power in the proper sequence to avoid errors. The proper sequence is:
Windows XP:
1
Click the [Start] button, and then click
Shut Down
.
2
Select the
Shut Down
option from within the Windows Shut Down dialog box.
3
Click [OK] to shut down your notebook.
T
URNING
OFF
YOUR
L
IFE
B
OOK
NOTEBOOK
WITHOUT
EXITING
W
INDOWS
OR
TURNING
ON
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
WITHIN
10
SECONDS
OF
THE
NOTEBOOK
BEING
SHUT
OFF
MAY
CAUSE
AN
ERROR
WHEN
YOU
START
THE
NEXT
TIME
.
•
B
E
SURE
TO
CLOSE
ALL
FILES
AND
EXIT
ALL
APPLICATIONS
PRIOR
TO
TURNING
OFF
THE
POWER
. I
F
FILES
ARE
OPEN
WHEN
YOU
TURN
THE
POWER
OFF
,
YOU
WILL
LOSE
ANY
CHANGES
THAT
HAVE
NOT
BEEN
SAVED
,
AND
MAY
CAUSE
DISK
ERRORS
.
•
A
LWAYS
POWER
OFF
THE
COMPUTER
BEFORE
TRANSPORTING
AND
/
OR
PACKAGING
IT
. A
FTER
SHUTTING
DOWN
THE
SYSTEM
,
WAIT
UNTIL
THE
STATUS
LED
PANEL
INDICATES
POWER
OFF
CONDITION
(
I
.
E
.,
NO
LIGHTS
ARE
ILLUMINATED
).
•
I
T
IS
POSSIBLE
THAT
THE
UNIT
MAY
NOT
AUTOMATICALLY
GO
TO
POWER
OFF
OR
HIBERNATE
MODE
WHEN
YOU
CLOSE
THE
LID
. T
HIS
SITUATION
MAY
OCCUR
DUE
TO
PRE
-OS
BOOT
PASSWORD
SECURITY
SETTINGS
OR
SOME
OTHER
APPLICATION
RUNNING
ON
THE
COMPUTER
.
•
A
TTEMPTING
TO
TRANSPORT
THE
COMPUTER
WHILE
POWER
IS
ON
MAY
DAMAGE
THE
NOTEBOOK
DUE
TO
SHOCK
OR
OVERHEATING
SINCE
THE
AIR
VENTS
MAY
BE
BLOCKED
OR
RESTRICTED
.
