Power Management; Screen Blank State; Putting The Computer To Sleep Or Shutting It Down; Putting Your Computer To Sleep - Lenovo B5400 Touch Hardware Maintenance Manual

Lenovo B5400/M5400/M5400 Touch Hardware Maintenance Manual

Power management

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

Screen blank state

If the time set on the "Turn off monitor" timer in the operating system expires,
the LCD backlight turns off. You can also turn off the LCD backlight by
pressing
To end screen blank state and resume normal operation, press

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:
• For the Windows 7 operating system:
• For the Windows 8 operating system:
Attention: Wait until the power indicator light starts blinking (indicating that
the computer is in sleep mode) before you move your computer. Moving your
computer while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing
loss of data.
To wake the computer, do one of the following:
• Press Fn key on the keyboard.
• Press the power button.
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– Click Start. Then select Sleep from the Shut down menu options.
– Press Fn+F1.
– Move your cursor to the lower-right corner of the screen to open the
charms bar, then select Settings
– Press Fn+F1.
→ Power → Sleep.
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