Turning The Omnibook On And Off; Table 1-3. Activating Power Modes - HP OmniBook 900 Service Manual

Turning the OmniBook On and Off

Press the blue power button to turn on the OmniBook.
On.
Standby. The display turns off automatically if the computer is inactive for about 2 minutes.
Suspend. Click Start, Suspend (Windows 95) or Start, Shut Down, Standby (Windows 98 or
2000), or press the blue power button briefly (about 1 second) to suspend activity when the
OmniBook is on. When you turn on the computer, it resumes your previous work session.
Closing the lid (for more than 2 seconds) also suspends the computer.
Hibernate. Press Fn+F12. This is like Off, except that your current work session is first saved to
disk. When you turn on the computer, it reboots and restores your previous session.
. Click Start, Shut Down. If the OmniBook does not respond, press and hold the blue power
Off
button until the display shuts down. When you turn on the computer, it reboots. Unsaved data is
lost.
Power Mode
Standby
Reduced-power/stopped state. Display is off.
Everything is in a reduced-power state. Network
devices are maintained. Your current work session
continues at turn-on (any key or pointer action).
Suspend
Low-power/stopped state. Lower power state than
Standby. Everything is off or in a low-power state.
Network devices are off. Your previous work session
resumes at turn-on. For plug-and-play operating
systems, network connections resume at turn-on.
Hibernate
No-power/stopped state. Session is saved on the
hard disk. Everything is shut down. Computer
reboots at turn-on and restores previous session
and network connections (if plug-and-play).
Off
No-power/stopped state. Everything is shut down
(battery continues charging if ac adapter is
connected). Computer reboots at turn-on and
restores network connections.
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Table 1-3. Activating Power Modes

To Enter Mode
Press Fn+S (not Windows 98
or 2000)
–or–
allow time-out.
Press blue power button for
about 1 second
–or–
click Start, Shut Down,
Standby (Windows 98 or
2000)
–or–
click Start, Suspend (Windows
95)
–or–
allow time-out.
Press Fn+F12
–or–
allow time-out.
Click Start, Shut Down
–or–
Press and hold the blue power
button until the display shuts
down.
To Turn Back On
Press any key or move
a pointing device to
display the current
session ("Instant-On").
Press blue power
button to display the
current session
("Instant-On").
Press blue power
button to restart and
restore the previous
session.
Press blue power
button to restart with a
new session.
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