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Elitegroup 259EI User Manual

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chapter 1 getting to know the basics

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power state and battery-charging state. See the LED Status

Indicator Section for details.

8. Power / Suspend Button

The power/suspend button turns the notebook on and off and it

also acts as a system suspend key. Press momentarily to turn

on the system. Press and hold for at least 4 seconds to turn off

the system. How this key behaves can be defined in [Start >

Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Advanced] menu.

Press the power / suspend button again to return from the

suspend mode. (See Chapter 3 for more details on system

suspend function.)

Note:

When the system power is initially turned on, the Scroll-lock,

Cap-lock, and Numeric keypad LED indicators will light up momentarily to

indicate the start of the Power-On sequence.


9. Silent

Mode

Button

Pressing the key enables the system to lower its power usage;
therefore the fan speed is reduced to achieve lowest operating
noise.

10. Instant-On Multimedia Player Launch Key

When the system is powered off, pressing the key launches a

multimedia application that allows you to watch movies files,

listen to music, or view photos in the optical drive or hard disk

drive without having to boot to Windows.

Note:

The way the Instant-On software works is that when the quick key is