Power Management
40 User’s Guide
Hard Disk Standby Mode
The hard disk enters standby mode when there are no disk
read/write operations within the period of time specified by
the Hard Disk Timeout. In this state, the power supplied to
the hard disk is reduced to a minimum. The hard disk
returns to normal once the computer accesses it.
Peripheral Standby Modes
The peripheral connections in your computer also power
down to save power if there is no activity within the period
of time specified by Timeout values for these devices. These
include audio, serial ports, floppy drive and parallel port.
Standby mode
The computer consumes very low power in Standby mode.
All data remains intact in the system memory until the
battery is drained.
There is one necessary condition for the computer to enter
Standby mode:
❑Heuristic Power Management must be set to [ENABLED]
There are five ways to enter Standby mode:
❑Pressing the Standby hot key Fn-F3
❑Allowing the waiting time determined by the Standby
Timeout to elapse without any system activity
❑Closing the display cover
❑Allowing the computer to enter Hibernation mode when
battery is low, but
❑the Hibernation file is invalid or not present, or
❑Allowing the operating system power saving modes to
invoke it
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