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Toshiba Qosmio X500 User Manual

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User’s Manual

3-7

Getting Started

Benefits of Sleep Mode

The Sleep Mode feature provides the following benefits:

Restores the previous working environment more rapidly than does

Hibernation Mode.

Saves power by shutting down the system when the computer receives

no input or hardware access for the duration set by the System Sleep

Mode feature.

You can use the panel power off feature.

Entering Sleep Mode

You can enter Sleep Mode in one of three ways:

Click the computer's power button.
Please note that this feature must be enabled within Power Options (to

access it, click

Control Panel System and Security Power

Options).

Click Start then click the arrow

located in the Shut down button

, and select Sleep from the menu.

Close the display panel. This feature must be enabled. Please refer to

Power Options (to access it, click

Control Panel System and

Security Power Options).

When you turn the power back on, you can continue where you left when

you shut down the computer.

Sleep Mode limitations

Sleep Mode will not function under the following conditions:

Power is turned back on immediately after shutting down.

Memory circuits are exposed to static electricity or electrical noise.

Before entering Sleep Mode, be sure to save your data.

Do not install or remove a memory module while the computer is in

Sleep Mode. The computer or the module could be damaged.

Do not remove the battery pack while the computer is in Sleep Mode

(unless the computer is connected to an AC power source). Data in

memory will be lost.

You can also enable Sleep Mode by pressing Fn + F3. Refer to Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

, for details.

When the computer is in Sleep Mode, the power indicator flashes

orange.

If you are operating the computer on battery power, you can lengthen

the operating time by turning it off in Hibernation Mode, as Sleep Mode

consumes more power.

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