Sony AVIO Notebook User Manual

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Controlling Power Management
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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.
Conserving battery power
When using your notebook with a battery, the LCD display and the hard drive 
can be set to switch off automatically to conserve battery power.
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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 on 
your computer. Your notebook is preset to enter Standby mode after 
25 minutes.
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.