Windows 98 Power Management States
ACPI uses different levels or states of power management. The power management states occur automatically, based on the system’s default settings, or manually, when invoked. Settings are configurable to occur while on battery power or AC power.
The Windows 98 ACPI power management states include:
!LCD timeout — manages power at the lowest level by shutting down the LCD.
!Standby — also known as
!Hibernate — also known as
Recognizing the Windows 98 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 98 Power Management Behavior
| LCD Timeout | Standby (STR) | Hibernate (STF) |
Default | 2 Minutes, DC power | 5 Minutes, DC power | 30 minutes after Standby.1,2 |
Setting |
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| 15 Minutes, AC power | 20 minutes, AC power |
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Manually | Close LCD panel. | Go to Start, Shutdown, | Close LCD panel.3 |
Invoke |
| Standby. | Press Power button.3 |
System | LCD panel is blank. | LCD panel is blank. | LCD panel is blank. |
behavior | Status LED lights | Status LED blinks green. | Status LED turns off. |
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| green. |
| Progress bar indicates that |
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| current working |
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| environment saved to hard |
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| disk. |
Resume | Press any key. | Press Power button. | Press Power button. |
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| Progress bar appears |
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| during process. |
1Only when BIOS “Suspend Option” set to STF and BIOS “Auto Save to File” set to enabled.
2Also when 3% battery power remaining, if BIOS set as in number 1.
3Only when set in Advanced Windows Power Management Properties.
