Changing Power Modes - Gateway Solo 1150 User Manual

Changing power modes

You can use the following power modes to lengthen the life of your notebook's
battery:
Standby - while your notebook is on standby, it switches to a low power
state where devices, such as the LCD screen and drives, turn off.
Hibernate - (also called save to disk) writes all current memory (RAM)
information to the hard drive, then turns your notebook completely off.
The next time you turn on the notebook, it reads memory information
from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were
open when you activated Hibernate. For more information on using
Hibernate mode, see "To use Hibernate mode:" on page 98.
Using Standby mode
Always save your work before using the Standby mode. Once in Standby, your
computer reduces or turns the power off to most devices except memory.
However, the information in memory is not saved to the hard drive. If power
is interrupted, the information is lost.
The table below shows how to use Standby mode.
If your
computer is...
Off
On
In
Standby mode
On
...and you ...then
want to...
Start up Press the power button.
Enter Press F
Standby mode
Exit Press the power button.
Standby mode
Shut down Click Start, then select Shut Down,
Shut down, then click OK.
+F4.
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