Power Management; Screen Blank Mode; Sleep Mode; Hibernation Mode - Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Power management

To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, sleep,
and hibernation.

Screen blank mode

To put the computer into screen blank mode, do as follows:
1. Right-click the Power Manager Battery Gauge in the task bar.
2. Select Power off display.

Sleep mode

When the computer enters sleep mode, the following events occur in addition to what occurs in screen
blank mode:
• The LCD is powered off.
• The hard disk drive is powered off.
• The CPU stops.
To enter sleep mode, do as follows:
1. Click Start.
2. Click the triangle mark on the right side of the Shut down icon; then select Sleep.
To return from sleep mode, press the Fn key.

Hibernation mode

By using this mode, you can turn off your computer completely without saving files or exiting from any
applications that are running. When you enter hibernation, all open applications, folders, and files are saved
to the hard disk, and then the computer turns off.
To enter hibernation mode, do as follows:
1. Click Start.
2. Click the triangle mark on the right side of the Shut down icon; then select Hibernate.
To return from hibernation mode, press the power button for more than 4 seconds.
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