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

Power management

Note: Power management modes are not supported for APM operating system.
To reduce power consumption, the computer has two power management
modes: sleep (standby), and hibernation.

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.
• Move the cursor to the lower-left corner, and then select the Start button.
Note: Put your computer to sleep before you move it. Moving your computer
To wake up the computer, perform the following:
• Press any key on the keyboard.
• Press the power button.
→ Sleep.
Select Power
while the hard disk drive is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing
loss of data.
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