some power while in this mode. If you leave your computer in power on suspend for several days without the AC adapter attached, the computer’s battery will discharge.
∙Save To Disk: This mode provides the greatest power- saving capabilities by essentially turning off your computer. In this mode, all system logic (except for your computer wakeup circuitry and battery charger) is turned off. During save to disk mode, the DRAM and video memory are saved to the hard drive and are restored when your computer resumes operation.
You can press <Fn+F11> to manually place your computer into rest mode.
When you use the <Fn+F11> key combination, your computer may postpone entering rest mode during a critical operation, such as reading from or writing to the hard drive.
To resume to
Once all devices return to
When your computer enters or resumes from save to disk mode, screens appear indicating system status. These status screens do not appear when the computer enters or resumes from power on suspend.
Rest Mode Precautions
Observe the following precautions when using rest mode:
∙Save all open files before you press <Fn+F11> to manually place your computer into rest mode.
∙If you purchased a new hard drive, make sure that you create a save to disk partition equal to the amount of system memory plus 2 MB before you enable save to disk mode. See “Creating a Save to Disk Partition” on page 64 for more information.
