IBM MT 2675 manual Power management, Screen blank mode, Standby mode

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3.Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down the menu.

4.Select Hard-diskx password, where x is the letter of the hard-disk drive. A pop-up window opens.

5.Select either User HDP or Master HDP.

6.Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password field blank and press Enter twice.

7.Press F10.

8.Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.

Both user HDP and master HDP have been removed.

Power management

To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, standby, and hibernation.

Screen blank mode:

In screen blank mode, the following occurs:

vThe LCD backlight turns off.

vThe hard-disk drive motor stops.

vThe speaker is muted.

To enter screen blank mode, press Fn + F3. To end screen blank mode and resume normal operation, press any key.

Standby mode:

When the computer enters standby mode, the following events occur in addition to what occurs in screen blank mode:

vThe LCD is powered off.

vThe hard-disk drive is powered off.

vThe CPU stops.

To enter standby mode, do any of the following:

vPress Fn + F4.

vClose the ThinkPad TransNote computer. (To prevent the computer from entering standby mode when the computer is closed, click Will not suspend even if LCD is closed in the Power Management Properties window. Then only the LCD turns off.)

In certain circumstances, the computer goes into standby mode automatically:

vIf a “suspend time” has been set on the timer, and the user does not do any operation with the keyboard, the TrackPoint, the hard disk, the parallel connector, or the diskette drive within the time set.

vIf the ac adapter is plugged in.

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