Power Management; Putting The Computer To Sleep Or Shutting It Down; Putting Your Computer To Sleep; Shutting Down The Computer - Lenovo V330 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Power management

Note: Power management modes are not supported for APM operating system.
When you have finished working with your computer, you can set it to shut
down, sleep or hibernate.

Putting the computer to sleep or shutting it down

When you have finished working with your computer, you can put it to sleep or
shut it down.

Putting your computer to sleep

If you will be away from your computer for only a short time, put the computer to
sleep. When the computer is in sleep mode, you can quickly wake it to resume use,
bypassing the startup process.
To put the computer to sleep, do one of the following:
• Close the display lid.
• Press the Power button.
• Do the proper operations in the operating system.
Attention: Wait until the power button indicator light starts blinking (indicating
that the computer is in sleep mode) before you move your computer. Moving
your computer while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk,
causing loss of data.
To wake the computer, do one of the following:
• Press any key on the keyboard.
• Press the Power button.

Shutting down the computer

If you are not going to use your computer for a long time, shut it down.
To shut down the computer, do one of the following:
• Windows 7:
• Windows 10:
Windows 7:
Click Start → Sleep.
Windows 10:
Open the start menu, and then select Power
Click Start → Shut down
- Open the start menu, and then select Power
- Right-click the Start button in the lower-left corner and select Shut down
or sign out → Shut down.
Related service information
→ Sleep.
→ Shut down.
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