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Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook
Power Management Commands
PowerPanel also provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You might use these commands when you want to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action, such as putting the system into Video Standby mode before the Video Standby timer expires.
Icon Description
System Idle – Puts the system into System Idle mode, a state of low power consumption. This state stops the CPU clock and puts all peripherals into low power mode. To return the system to the active state, press any key or power switch on your system.
System Suspend – Puts the system into System Suspend mode, a power management state that saves the state of the system and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or the power switch on your computer.
System Hibernation – Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the system power. To return the system to the original state, use the power switch to turn on power. The system saves the data in the Save to Disk Partition on the hard drive.
LCD (Video) Standby – Turns off the LCD to save power. If you turn off the Video Standby timer in the AC
Conserving Battery Power
When using the notebook with a battery, the LCD display and the hard drive can be set to switch off automatically to conserve battery power.
For details, see “Power Management Profiles” on page 4.