Software Guide iii
Contents
1Power
Selecting a Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Understanding Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Choosing Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown . . . . . . . . . 1–4
When You Leave Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
When the Power Supply Is Uncertain . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
While Using Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . . 1–6
Identifying the Power/Standby Light and
Power Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Using the Default Power Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . . 1–8
Using the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Setting Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Changing the Power Switch Function . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Setting a Standby Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Selecting, Creating or Changing a
Power Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
Finding More Battery Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
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