Fujitsu Siemens Computers LifeBook A6210 - Manual (Page 56)

56 - Power Management
• Pressing the Power/Suspend/Resume button when your system is turned on.
• Selecting Sleep from the Windows Shut Down menu.
• Timing out from lack of activity.
• Allowing the battery to reach the Dead Battery Warning condition.
Your notebook’s system memory typically stores the file on which you are working, open application
information, and any other data required to support operations in progress. When you resume operation
from Sleep mode, your notebook will return to the point where it left off. You must use the
Power/Suspend/Resume button to resume operation, and there must be an adequate power source
available, or your notebook will not resume.
■ I F RUNNING YOUR NOTEBOOK ON BATTERY POWER , BE AWARE THAT THE BATTERY CONTINUES TO
DISCHARGE WHILE THE NOTEBOOK IS IN S LEEP MODE , THOUGH NOT AS FAST AS WHEN FULLY OPERA -
TIONAL .
■ D ISABLING THE P OWER /S USPEND /R ESUME BUTTON PREVENTS IT FROM BEING USED TO PUT THE
NOTEBOOK INTO S LEEP OR H IBERNATION (S AVE - TO -D ISK ) MODE . T HE BUTTON RESUME FUNCTION
CAN ’ T BE DISABLED .
■ T HE S LEEP OR H IBERNATION MODE SHOULD NOT BE USED WITH CERTAIN PC C ARDS . C HECK YOUR
PC C ARD DOCUMENTATION FOR MORE INFORMATION . W HEN PC C ARDS OR EXTERNAL DEVICES ARE
IN USE , H IBERNATION MODE CANNOT RETURN TO THE EXACT STATE PRIOR TO SUSPENSION , BECAUSE
ALL OF THE PERIPHERAL DEVICES WILL BE RE - INITIALIZED WHEN THE SYSTEM RESTARTS .
■ I F YOUR NOTEBOOK IS ACTIVELY ACCESSING INFORMATION WHEN YOU ENTER THE S LEEP OR H IBER -
NATION MODE , CHANGES TO OPEN FILES ARE NOT LOST . T HE FILES ARE LEFT OPEN AND MEMORY IS
KEPT ACTIVE DURING S LEEP MODE OR THE MEMORY IS TRANSFERRED TO THE INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
DURING H IBERNATION MODE .
T HE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF USING H IBERNATION IS THAT POWER IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN YOUR
DATA . T HIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WILL BE LEAVING YOUR NOTEBOOK IN A SUSPENDED
STATE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME . T HE DRAWBACK OF USING H IBERNATION MODE IS THAT IT
LENGTHENS THE POWER DOWN AND POWER UP SEQUENCES AND RESETS PERIPHERAL DEVICES .