Power

Initiating or Resuming from Hibernation

Task

Procedure

Result

 

 

 

 

User-initiated

With the notebook on:

Power/Standby light

Hibernation.

Briefly press the power

 

turns off.

 

 

 

 

button

Screen clears.

-or-

Select Start > Shut Down > Hibernate. (If the Hibernate option is not displayed, press and hold shift.)

 

In the Power Options

 

 

 

window, you can

 

 

 

change the default

 

 

 

settings for the power

 

 

 

button or the display

 

 

 

switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

System-initiated

If the notebook is running on

 

 

Hibernation

external power, the system will

 

 

(with Hibernation

not initiate Hibernation.

 

 

enabled).

 

 

 

If the notebook is running on

Power/Standby light

 

 

battery power, the system

 

turns off.

 

initiates Hibernation:

Screen clears.

 

 

 

After 30 minutes of

 

 

 

notebook inactivity, or

 

 

 

When an inserted battery

 

 

 

pack reaches a critical

 

 

 

low-battery condition

 

 

 

(3 percent of a full charge

 

 

 

remaining).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resume from

Press the power button.

Power/Standby light

user-initiated or

If Hibernation was

 

turns on.

system-initiated

Your work returns to

Hibernation.

initiated by a critical

 

the screen.

 

low-battery condition,

 

 

 

 

 

attach AC power or a

 

 

 

charged battery pack

 

 

 

to resume.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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