•TheLCDispoweredoff.
•Theharddiskdriveispoweredoff.
•Themicroprocessorstops.
Toentersleepmode,pressFn+F4.
Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleepmodeautomatically:
•Afteraperiodofinactivityspeciedinpowerplansettings
•Whenthebatteryindicatorblinksorange,indicatingthatthebatterypowerislow
Tocausethecomputertoreturnfromsleepmodeandresumeoperation,dooneofthefollowing:
•PresstheFnkey.
•OpentheLCDcover.
•Turnonthepowerbutton.
Also,ineitherofthefollowingevents,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleepmodeandresumes
operation:
•Theringindicator(RI)issignaledbyaserialdeviceoraPCCarddevice.
•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.
Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleepmode.Waitafew
secondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.
Hibernationmode
Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:
•Thesystemstatus,RAM,VRAM,andsetupdataarestoredontheharddisk.
•Thesystemispoweredoff.
Note:Ifthecomputerentersthehibernationmodewhileitisdockedtothedockingstation,donotundockit
beforeresumingnormaloperation.Ifyoudoundockitandthentrytoresumenormaloperation,youwillget
anerrormessage,andyouwillhavetorestartthesystem.
Ifyouhavedenedoneofthefollowingactionsastheeventthatcausesthesystemtogointohibernation
mode,performthataction.
•Closingthelid.
•Pressingthepowerbutton.
•PressingFn+F4keys.
Also,thecomputergoesintohibernationmodeautomaticallyafteraperiodofinactivityspeciedinpower
plansettings.
Whenthepoweristurnedon,thecomputerreturnsfromhibernationmodeandresumesoperation.The
hibernationleinthebootrecordontheharddiskdriveisread,andsystemstatusisrestoredfromthe
harddiskdrive.
Symptom-to-FRUindex
Thissectioncontainsfollowinginformation:
•“Numericerrorcodes”onpage34
•“Errormessages”onpage38
•“Beepsymptoms”onpage39
•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage40
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