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Recognizing the Windows 2000/98 Power Management States
It is important to recognize your system's behavior when in each of these power
management states. The following table describes the system behavior for each power
management state.
Windows 2000/98 Power Management Behavior
LCD Timeout
Default
2 Minutes, DC power
Setting
15 Minutes, AC power
Manually
Close LCD panel.
Invoke
System
LCD panel is blank.
Behavior
Status LED lights
green.
Resume
Press any key.
1
Only when BIOS "Suspend Option" set to STF and BIOS "Auto Save to File" set to enabled.
2
Also when 3% battery power remaining, if BIOS set as in number 1.
3
Only when set in Advanced Windows Power Management Properties.
Windows NT Power Management States
Windows NT uses different levels or states of power management. These power
management states occur automatically, based on your system's default settings, or
manually, when invoked. Settings are configured to occur while on battery power or on
AC power.
The Windows NT power management states include:
Standby — manages power at the lowest level by shutting down the LCD, hard disk
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drive, and CPU.
Suspend — also known as Save-to-RAM (STR), Suspend mode manages power by
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saving your current working environment to memory and shutting down most
system devices. Conserves more power than Standby mode.
3-28 Using the BIOS Setup Utility
Standby (STR)
5 Minutes, DC power
20 minutes, AC power
Go to Start, Shutdown,
Standby.
LCD panel is blank.
Status LED blinks green.
Press Power button.
Hibernate (STF)
30 minutes after Standby.
3
Close LCD panel.
3
Press Power button.
LCD panel is blank.
Status LED turns off.
Progress bar indicates that
current working
environment saved to hard
disk.
Press Power button.
Progress bar appears
during process.
1,2
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