Switching to Each Mode
idle Mode
Standby Mode
1
The power management does not switch to the mode you have set to
Disabled.
Suspend Modes
The BIOS power management contains two types of suspend modes:
RAM mode and suspend-to-disk mode. You can define which suspend mode the
system enters
in the System Configuration Utility. See Chapter 8
for the details.
Your notebook enters a suspend mode in each of the following cases:
The specified time has passed without any operation
You select
Suspend
in the
Start
menu
You press FntF12
The battery level is low (always suspended to disk)
The screen cover is closed (if you have selected
Suspend
in
Cover Close
of the
item
in the System Configuration Utility)
Your notebook resumes from the suspend-to-RAM mode in each of the following
cases:
l
You press any key
l
The time specified in
Resume on Time
in the System Configuration Utility
appears
l
The modem receives a call (in US and Canada only)
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