Power State Summary; Thermal Power Control - Asus Z96J Hardware User's Manual

Power State Summary

STATE ENTRY EVENT
• "Stand by" through Windows Start button
"Stand by" • Timer as set though "Power Management" in
STR ("Stand by") • Hotkey (see "Colored Hotkeys" under "Special
(Suspend-to-RAM)
STD ("Hibernate") • Hotkey (see "Colored Hotkeys" under "Special
(Suspend-to-Disk)
• Power button (can be defined as STR or STD)
Soft OFF
• "Shut down" through Windows Start button

Thermal Power Control

There are three power control methods for controlling the Notebook PC's thermal state. These power
control cannot be configured by the user and should be known in case the Notebook PC should enter
these states. The following temperatures represent the chassis temperature (not CPU).
• The fan turns ON for active cooling when the temperature reaches the safe upper limit.
• The CPU decreases speed for passive cooling when the temperature exceeds the safe upper limit.
• The system shut down for critical cooling when temperature exceeds the maximum safe upper
limit.
Windows Control Panel (higher priority)
Keyboard Functions" in the previous section)
Keyboard Functions" in the previous section)
Using the Notebook PC
EXIT EVENT
• Any device
• Battery low
• Signal from modem port
• Power button or any key
• Power button
• Power button
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