HP 500 manual Operation, Turning the Computer On and Off, Activating Power Modes

Operation

This section gives an overview of the operation of the computer and expansion base.

Turning the Computer On and Off

You can start and stop the computer using its blue sleep button. However, at times you may want to use other methods to start or stop the computer, depending on power considerations, types of active connections, and start-up time.

Table 1-3. Activating Power Modes

Power mode	To enter this mode	To turn on again
On mode	Press the blue sleep button.
Power mode status light is green.
Standby mode	Press blue sleep button	Press the blue
Saves significant power.	–or–	sleep button to
Turns off the display and other components.	click Start, Shutdown, Standby	display your current
Maintains current session in SDRAM.	–or–	session.
Restarts quickly.	allow timeout.
Restores network connections.
Power mode status light is amber.
Hibernate mode	Press Fn+F12	Press the blue
Saves maximum power.	–or–	sleep button to
Saves current session to disk, then shuts down.	Click Start, Hibernate	restart and restore
Restores network connections.	(Windows 98)	your previous
Power mode status light is off.	–or–	session.
	Click Start, Shut Down, Hibernate
	(Windows 2000)
	–or–
	allow timeout.
Shut down (off)	Click Start, Shut Down, Shut down	Press the blue
Saves maximum power.	(recommended)	sleep button to
Turns off without saving current session.	–or–	restart with a new
At startup, resets everything, starts a new session,	slide the power button.	session.
and restores network connections.
Power mode status light is off.

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