IBM Z50 manual Power Management Features, Full Power Mode, Suspend Mode

Power Management Features

The power management features are designed to save as much electricity as possible by putting components into a low-power consumption mode as often as possible. This low-power mode is referred to as “suspend” mode.

Full Power Mode

The WorkPad z50 operates in Full power mode when power management is disabled and the AC Adapter is connected.

Suspend Mode

In suspend mode, the system is powered off except for the system DRAM. The WorkPad z50 enters suspend mode when the system remains idle for a specified amount of time or under one of the following conditions:

∙The Power button is pressed.

∙The LCD panel is closed.

∙A Windows CE power management time-out occurs.

∙The Windows CE Suspend icon is clicked.

∙The battery release lock is released.

∙The remaining battery capacity of the battery pack is very low.

∙A notification event set in the “Alarms” window of the World Clock application in the Control Panel occurs.

Attention

The system will not enter suspend mode after an idle time-out under the following conditions:

The serial port is connected to another system running Windows CE services.

The WorkPad z50 is connected to a network through the PCMCIA LAN card.

The system will resume to full power mode under one of the following conditions:

∙The Power button is pressed while in suspend mode.

∙An application launching key is pressed.

∙The LCD panel is opened.

∙An internal fax/modem ring-in occurs.

∙The Microphone button is pushed.

∙The Notification button is pushed when the notification LED blinks.

∙A built-in data/fax modem ring occurs.

∙The serial port is connected to another system for transmitting and receiving data.

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