Saving Energy with Sleep and Power Management

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Chapter 8

Saving Energy with Sleep and Power Management

Your Compaq Internet PC is equipped with power management features. These power-saving settings are preset for optimal performance. For more information about power management, refer to the Windows Help.

What are Sleep and Hibernation?

Compaq Internet PCs have two levels of power management: Hibernation and Sleep.

Hibernation mode occurs by pressing the Power button once. Your computer saves the content of your computer memory to the hard drive. This is followed by your computer turning off.

Sleep mode is a low-power mode, also referred to as Standby mode. It occurs by pressing the Fn+F4 function key or by clicking the Start button, then Shutdown, then Standby.

The following table shows the conditions and indicators for getting in and out of the various power modes: Sleep, Hibernation, and Off.

Sleep and Hibernation Functions

Mode

Sleep

To Start

Manual Fn+F4 key combination or click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, then point to Shutdown, then click

Standby.

Time-Out Default – 15

minutes if using battery power. Computer will not automatically enter Sleep mode if on AC power.

To End

Press any key.

Indicators

Flashing Power light*

*Moon n icon appears on status display (1800 Series only)

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1700T specifications

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