Operation

This section gives an overview of the notebook’s operation.

Turning the Notebook On and Off

You can start and stop your notebook using its power button. However, at certain times you might want to use other methods to start or stop the notebook—depending on power considerations, types of active connections, and start-up time.

NOTE: This manual describes the notebook in its original factory configuration, with all settings at their default values.

 

Table 1-2. Activating Power Modes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power mode

 

 

To enter this mode

 

On

 

 

Press the power button

 

 

Power mode status light is on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby mode

 

 

Press the power button

 

 

Saves significant power

 

 

–or–

 

 

 

 

select Start > Turn Off Computer > Stand By

 

 

Turns off the display and other components

 

 

 

 

Maintains current session in RAM

 

 

(Windows XP)

 

 

Restarts quickly

 

 

–or–

 

 

Restores network connections

 

 

select Start > Shut Down > Standby

 

 

Power mode status light blinks

 

 

(Windows 2000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–or–

 

 

 

 

 

allow timeout

 

Hibernation mode

 

 

Press Fn+F12

 

 

Saves maximum power

 

 

–or–

 

 

 

 

select Start > Shut Down > Hibernate

 

 

Saves current session to disk, and then

 

 

 

 

shuts down.

 

 

(Windows 2000)

 

 

Restores network connections

 

 

–or–

 

 

Power mode status light is off

 

 

allow timeout

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shut down (off)

 

 

Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off

 

 

Saves maximum power

 

 

(Windows XP)

 

 

 

 

–or–

 

 

Turns off without saving current session

 

 

 

 

At startup, resets everything, starts a new

 

 

Select Start > Shut Down > Shut down

 

 

session, and restores network connections.

 

 

(Windows 2000)

 

 

Power mode status light is off

 

 

–or–

 

 

 

 

 

press the power button for 4 seconds (only if the

 

 

 

 

 

Start menu procedure doesn’t work)

 

To turn on: Press the power button to restart, or to resume your session from Standby or Hibernation mode.

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