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mode. Your notebook will be left in the
Windows 95 pseudo-off state. If the power
switch is not turned off your notebook can be
restarted by pressing the Suspend/Resume but-
ton which will cause the system memory to
reload from the hard drive and let you begin
where you left off. (See Figure 2-14 on page 40,
and Save-to-Disk Mode on pages 45-46.)
SYSTEM STANDBY ACTIVATION
Clicking on the System Standby button or
selecting System Standby on the PowerPanel
menu will put your notebook in Standby mode.
You can return your notebook to normal opera-
tion by performing any activity such as pressing
a key or touching the ErgoTrac pointing device.
HARD DISK STANDBY ACTIVATION
Clicking on the Hard Disk Standby button or
selecting Hard Disk Standby on the PowerPanel
menu will turn off your internal hard drive. You
can return your notebook to normal operation
by performing any hard drive operation.
MODEM POWER TOGGLE
Clicking on the
Modem Power Toggle
button or selecting Modem Power Toggle on
the PowerPanel menu will turn the power to
your modem on or off. To turn it to the other
condition select Modem Power Toggle again.
VIDEO STANDBY ACTIVATION
Clicking on the Video Standby button or select-
ing Video Standby on the PowerPanel menu
turns off the power to the display. You can
return your notebook to normal operation by
performing any activity such as pressing a key
or touching the ErgoTrac pointing device.
Suspend Mode
The Suspend mode saves the contents of your
notebook’s system memory during periods of
inactivity by maintaining power to critical parts
while turning off the CPU, the display, the hard
drive and all of the other internal components
except those necessary to maintain system
memory, recognize the Suspend/ Resume but-
ton and restart. Your notebook can be put in
Suspend mode by:
■
Pressing the Suspend/Resume button
until acknowledged.
■
Selecting Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
■
Selecting System Suspend from the
PowerPanel toolbar or menu.
■
Timing out from lack of activity.
■
Battery level reaching the Dead Battery
Warning condition.
Your notebook’s system memory typically stores
the file(s) on which you are working, the open
application(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 off. 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.
