Chapter 4: Power Management Features; Software Shutdown; Using The Software Shutdown Feature - IBM Aptiva Series Handbook

Your Aptiva computer supports the following power
management features:
Your computer can be powered

Software shutdown.

off using either Windows 95 or the power button on the
front of the system. To avoid data loss, it is
recommended that you use Windows 95 when you shut
down the computer. The power indicator light is off when
the computer is shut down.
This feature allows you to put your
System suspend.
computer into a low power state and then resume
operation from where you left off. You can put the
system into suspend mode using the Windows 95 Start
menu or using the power button. Before you use the
power button to enter suspend, you must change the
required setting in Setup. Refer to the section "System
suspend" on page 4-2 for more information.
This feature allows the monitor to
Monitor standby.
save energy when you are using Windows 95 standby.
Power management features
Software shutdown
Using the software shutdown
feature
Follow these steps to use the software shutdown feature:
1.
Click on the
Windows 95 screen.
Important:
2.
Click on
Shut Down...
screen with a list of options.
3.
Select the option
click on
Yes
system power without pressing the power button on
the front panel.
button on the lower left corner of the
Start
Make sure that you have saved your work before
doing the next step. Selecting
Shut Down...
completely turns off the computer and all unsaved
data will be lost.
to display a confirmation
Shut down the computer?
. This action completely turns off the
. Then
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