Gateway m305crv User Manual

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Chapter 8: Managing Power
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Changing power modes
You can use the following power modes to lengthen the life of your notebook’s 
battery:
Standby - while your notebook is in Standby, it switches to a low power 
state where devices, such as the display and drives, turn off.
Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes all current memory (RAM) 
information to the hard drive, then turns your notebook completely off. 
The next time you turn on your notebook, it reads the memory 
information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents 
that were open when you activated Hibernate mode. For more information 
on using Hibernate mode, see 
Using power saving modes
Always save your work before using Standby mode. In Standby mode, your 
notebook reduces or turns off the power to most devices except memory. 
However, the information in memory is not saved to the hard drive. If power 
is interrupted, the information is lost.
When in Hibernate mode, your notebook saves all memory information to the 
hard drive, then turns the power completely off.
If your notebook 
is...
...and you want to...
...then
On
Enter Standby mode
Press 
F
N
+S
TANDBY
.
-OR-
Close the LCD panel.
On
Enter Hibernate mode 
(must be activated)
In Windows XP, click Start, then click 
Turn Off Computer. Press and hold 
S
HIFT
, then 
click Hibernate.
- OR -
In Windows 2000, click Start, then click Shut 
Down
. Click the arrow button to open the What do 
you want your computer to do
 list, then click 
Hibernate. Click OK.
In Standby or 
Hibernate mode
Exit Standby or 
Hibernate mode
Press the power button.