Power Management; Screen Blank Mode (For The Windows 7 Operating System Only); Sleep Mode; Hibernation Mode - Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Hardware Maintenance Manual

7. Type the current master hard disk password in the Enter Current Password field. Then leave the Enter
New Password field blank, and press Enter twice.
8. Press F10.
9. Press F10 to save changes and exit the ThinkPad Setup program. The user hard disk password and the
master hard disk password have been removed.

Power management

To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, sleep,
and hibernation.

Screen blank mode (for the Windows 7 operating system only)

If the time set on the "Turn off monitor" timer in the operating system expires, the LCD backlight turns off.
To put the computer into screen blank mode, do the following:
1. Right-click the battery status indicator on the taskbar.
2. Select Power off display.
To end screen blank mode and resume normal operation, press any key.

Sleep mode

When the computer enters sleep mode, the following events occur in addition to what occurs in screen
blank mode:
• The LCD is powered off.
• The hard disk drive or solid-state drive is powered off.
• The microprocessor stops.
To put your computer into sleep mode, press Fn+4 or do the following:
• For Windows 7: Click the arrow beside the Shut down icon, and then select Sleep. To return from
sleep mode, press the Fn key.
• For Windows 10: Open the Start menu, click
To return to normal operation, press the Fn key only.
In certain circumstances, the computer goes into sleep mode automatically:
• After a period of inactivity specified in power plan settings
• When the battery power is low

Hibernation mode

In hibernation mode, the following occurs:
• The system status, random access memory (RAM), video random access memory (VRAM), and setup
data are stored on the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.
• The system is powered off.
Note: If the computer enters the hibernation mode while it is docked to the docking station or the port
replicator, do not undock it before resuming normal operation. If you do undock it and then try to resume
normal operation, you will get an error message, and you will have to restart the system.
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Power, and then click Sleep.