Traveling with Your Computer Managing Power Consumption To manage power manually In addition to allowing the computer to enter its power-saving modes automatically, you can also put it into any of the following three modes whenever you need to. Corporate Evaluator’s Guide 47 Power mode Does this… Use when… To enter this mode… Standby Maintains your current session in RAM, and turns off the display and other components. You will be away from your computer for a short time. Press blue sleep button –or– click Start, Suspend (Windows 95) or Start, Shutdown, Standby (Windows 98 and 2000). Hibernate Saves the current session to disk, then shuts down.
Provides maximum power savings while still allowing you to recover the current session. You will be away from your computer for several hours, but want to continue your session. Press Fn+F12 –or– click Start, Shut Down, Hibernate (Windows 2000). Off Turns off your computer, providing maximum power savings. The current session will not be saved, and any unsaved data will be lost. You’re done with your work. Click Start, Shut Down (recommended) –or– slide the power button.