
Batteries and Power Management
Managing Power Consumption
To manage power manually
In addition to allowing the computer to enter its
Power mode | Does this… | Use when… | To enter this mode… |
Standby | Maintains your current | You will be away | Press the power button |
| session in RAM, and turns off | from your computer | |
| the display and other | for up to several | click Start, Turn Off Computer, |
| components. | hours. | Stand By. |
Hibernate | Saves the current session to | You will be away | Press Fn+F12. |
| disk, and then shuts down. | from your computer |
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| Provides maximum power | for a day or more, |
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| savings while still allowing | but want to continue |
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| you to recover the current | your session. |
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| session. |
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Off | Turns off your computer, | You’re done with | Click Start, Turn Off |
| providing maximum power | your work. | Computer, Turn Off |
| savings. The current session |
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| will not be saved, and any |
| press the power button (only if |
| unsaved data will be lost. |
| the Start menu procedure |
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| doesn’t work). |
You can also turn off the display by closing the lid.