Sony PCG-FX120 Power Management Commands, Conserving Battery Power, Icon Description Standby

VAIO Notebook User Guide

Power Management Commands

PowerPanel also provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You can use these commands to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action.

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Standby

Puts the system into Standby mode, a power management state that saves the state of the system and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or the power button on your computer.

Hibernate

Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the system power. To return the system to the original state, use the power button to turn on power. The system saves the data in the Save to Disk Partition on the hard drive.

LCD (Video) Standby (Windows Me™ only)

Turns off the video display to save power. If you turn off the Video Standby timer, the display remains active except when the system enters Standby mode. The video display system is one of the largest consumers of power in the system.

Conserving Battery Power

When using the notebook with a battery, the LCD display and the hard drive can be set to switch off automatically to conserve battery power.

For details, see “Power Management Profiles”.

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