Sceptre s6500 Guia Do Utilizador
Notebook User’s Guide
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A Suspend Example
The Time-out settings for Standby and Suspend Time-out specify the amount
of time the system must be inactive before the next power management level is
enabled. The example below demonstrates this functionality. If the Standby
Time-out is set to 2 minutes, and the Suspend Time-out is set to 5 minutes,
then the following power management events take place:
of time the system must be inactive before the next power management level is
enabled. The example below demonstrates this functionality. If the Standby
Time-out is set to 2 minutes, and the Suspend Time-out is set to 5 minutes,
then the following power management events take place:
1. After 2 minutes of inactivity, the system enters Standby.
2. After 5 additional minutes in Standby (a total of 7 minutes of inactivity),
the system Suspends to RAM or Saves to Disk, depending upon the settings
made in the Power Menu of the BIOS Setup program.
made in the Power Menu of the BIOS Setup program.
After the system has suspended, operation can be returned (resumed) to the
point in your application where it was suspended. See “How to Resume” for a
complete list of resume conditions.
point in your application where it was suspended. See “How to Resume” for a
complete list of resume conditions.
How to Suspend
The system can be suspended in the following ways:
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= System enters Auto Suspend. This is enabled by setting a time out period
for the Suspend Timeout field in the Power menu. This time out period is
the amount of idle time that the system allows before a Suspend is initiated.
the amount of idle time that the system allows before a Suspend is initiated.
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= Press the hot key combination [Fn] + [R] to Suspend to RAM
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= Press the hot key combination [Fn] + [F12] to Suspend to Disk
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= Automatically activating the Suspend function by closing the lid of the
Notebook when an external CRT monitor is not connected to the Notebook.
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= The battery reaches a critically low power level.
The Chain of Suspend Events
If the system enters Suspend mode from any of the above options, it enters the
best power-saving Suspend mode that is supported by the system. When the
system suspends, the following events take place:
best power-saving Suspend mode that is supported by the system. When the
system suspends, the following events take place:
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= A warning beep sounds
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= The Suspend indicator in the System Status window is turned on
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= The video screen is turned off
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= CPU, DMA clocks, and the math co-processor are powered down
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= All controllable peripheral devices are turned off
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= All system logic (except for the system wake-up circuitry and battery
charger) is turned off