Medion Akoya LS, Manual

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Power Management
Your Notebook offers automatic and modifiable power saving functions that
you can use to maximize battery life and reduce overall operating costs. The
power saving modes are known as standby mode and suspend (hibernate)
mode.
Standby Mode
When in standby mode, the contents of the RAM of your Notebook are
preserved while practically all other components of your Notebook are shut
down, reducing your power consumption to a minimum. By pressing any key
on the keypad, you can bring your Notebook back to the fully operational
state. You will restart at precisely the line in which you were working prior to
the interruption. The computer takes less time to go into and come out of
standby mode, but uses more power than suspend (hibernate) mode.
Suspend (hibernate) mode
The hibernate mode is an alternative to a complete shutdown of the
Notebook. In this mode all data from RAM (system and graphic data) are
copied to the hard disk as a file. As soon as the data has been safely saved,
the Notebook powers down. When the Notebook is switched on again, this
file is written back to RAM by the BIOS. In a few moments the Notebook is in
the exact state as when it was last used. If while working on a document the
Notebook is closed (assuming the correct ACPI setting), the Notebook saves
the data in RAM for you automatically. You will restart at precisely the line in
which you were working prior to the interruption. The computer uses no
power while it is in suspend (hibernate) mode, but it takes a little longer for
the computer to go into and come out of hibernation compared to standby.