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for your computer wakeup circuitry and battery charger) is turned off. During
save to disk mode, the DRAM and video memory are saved to the hard drive
and are restored when your computer resumes operation.
You can press <Fn+F11> to manually place your computer into Rest mode.
When you use the <Fn+F11> key combination, your computer
may postpone entering Rest mode during a critical operation,
such as reading from or writing to the hard drive.
To resume to full-power mode, press the power button.
Once all devices return to full-power mode, all active software applications and
system states are restored to exactly how they were before your computer entered
rest mode.
When your computer enters or resumes from save to disk mode, screens appear
indicating system status. These status screens do not appear when the computer
enters or resumes from power on suspend.
Rest Mode Precautions
Observe the following precautions when using rest mode:
Save all open files before you press <Fn+F11> to manually place your
computer into Rest mode.
If you purchased a new hard drive, make sure that you create a save to disk
partition equal to the amount of system memory plus the amount of video
memory plus 2 MB before you enable save to disk mode. See " Creating a
Save to Disk Partition" on page 67 for more information.
Do not try to resume to full-power mode using battery power if the battery
charge is low. If the battery charge is too low, the system may not be able to
resume fully. Plug in the power cord if your computer cannot resume normal
operation because of a low battery charge.
When your computer is in power on suspend or save to disk
mode, do not connect or remove any devices (including PC
Cards or memory modules) because you may damage the
computer or resume to full power may fail. If a floppy disk is
in the floppy drive, do not remove it or switch it with another
disk. However, you can plug in the AC adapter if the resume
to full power fails because of a low battery charge. When the
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