Recognizing the Windows Power Management States
It is important to recognize your system’s behavior when in each of these power management states. The following table describes the system behavior for each power management state.
Windows Power Management Behavior
| LCD Timeout | Standby (STR) | Hibernate (STF) |
Default | 2 Minutes, DC power. | 5 Minutes, DC power. | On DC power: |
Setting |
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| 15 minutes for |
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| Windows 98SE; |
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| 10 minutes for |
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| Windows 2000. |
| 15 Minutes, AC power. | 20 minutes, AC power. |
Manually | Close LCD panel. | Go to Start, Shutdown, |
Invoke |
| Standby. |
|
| Close LCD panel.* |
System | LCD panel is blank. | LCD panel is blank. |
behavior | Status LED lights | Status LED blinks green. |
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| green. |
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On AC power:
60 minutes for Windows 2000 and Windows 98SE
Close LCD panel.*
Press Power button.*
LCD panel is blank.
Status LED turns off.
Progress bar indicates that current working environment is saved to hard disk.
Resume Press any key. | Press Power button. | Press Power button. |
Progress bar appears during process.
*Only when set in Advanced Windows Power Management Properties.
