Dell Inspiron 3500 - Manual (Page 17)

System Overview 1-7
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Standby Time-Out conserves battery power by turning off various devices in
the system, including the display, but leaves the computer ready to resume
operations immediately. Use Standby Time-Out when you leave the com-
puter unattended for less than a few minutes.
Standby Time-Out lets you determine how long the computer remains idle
(no I/O activity) before activating standby mode to conserve battery power.
Settings for this option are Disabled, 1 min., 2 min., 4 min., 6 min., 8 min.,
12 min., and
16 min.
To increase battery operating time, set this option to a lower number of min-
utes. Press any key on the integrated keyboard to resume normal computer
operation.
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Suspend Time-Out lets you determine how long the computer remains idle
(no I/O activity) before activating suspend mode. Settings for this option are
Disabled, 5 min., 10 min., 15 min., 20 min., 30 min., 40 min., and 60 min.
To increase battery operating time, set this option to a lower number of
minutes.
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The Suspend Mode category has two options—Save to RAM and Save to
Disk.
Save to RAM (the default) suspend mode conserves battery power by stop-
ping almost all computer activity, but leaves the computer ready to resume
operations in seconds. Select the Save to RAM option whenever you leave
the computer unattended for more than a few minutes. Resume normal com-
puter activity by pressing the power button (the computer may take several
seconds to return to normal operation).
The Save-to-Disk option under Suspend Mode copies all system data to a
reserved area on the hard-disk drive and then turns off all power to the com-
puter. When you resume normal operation, the same programs will be running
and the same files will be open that were loaded before you activated this
mode. Use Save-to-Disk suspend mode to conserve battery power or to pre-
serve system data by quickly saving it to the hard-disk drive if you are about to
run out of battery power. Resume normal computer activity by pressing the
power button.