Fujitsu 420D User Manual page 46

S e c t i o n T w o
C A U T I O N
If you are running your notebook on bat-
t e ry power, be aware that the battery con-
tinues to discharge while your notebook is
in Suspend Mode, though not as fast as
when fully operational. With a fully
c h a rged Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Pack
the Suspend Mode will maintain your sta-
tus for approximately 24 hours or more .
Suspend Mode
The Suspend Mode saves the contents of your
notebook's memory (RAM) during periods of
inactivity by maintaining power to RAM while
turning o the CPU, the display, the hard drive
and all of the other internal components except
those necessary to recognize the Suspend/
Resume Button and restart everything.
Your notebook can be suspended to Suspend
Mode by:
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Pressing the Suspend Button until
acknowledged.
Selecting Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
Selecting Suspend from the Desktop Power
Bar.
Timing out from lack of activity.
Battery level reaching the Dead Battery
warning condition.
Your notebook's RAM typically stores the file(s)
on which you are working, the open applica-
tion(s) and any other data required to support
the operation(s) in progress. When you resume
operation from Suspend Mode it returns to
the point in the operation where it left o
before going into the mode. You must use the
Suspend/Resume Button to resume operation
and there must be an adequate power source
available or your notebook will not resume.
C A U T I O N
Loss of all power sources, including bat-
tery, while in the Suspend Mode will
cause loss data and inability to return to
operation with the Resume Button.
Save-to-Disk Mode
The Save-to-Disk function saves the contents of
your notebook's memory (RAM) to hard drive
whenever you:
Press the Su s pend But ton u n til ack n owl ed ged .
Select Suspend from the Windows 95
Start Menu.
Select Save-to-Disk from the Desktop
Power Bar.
Time out from lack of activity.