Promise Technology Pegasus3 R4 - S Hutting down the P Egasus 3

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Installation and SetupPegasus3 Product Manual
Power modes on the Pegasus3
ThePegasus3introducesnewpowersavingandresponsefeatures.Thesearedescribedbelow.
The automatic power features are:
• Sleep -Whenyourcomputergoestosleep,thePegasus3unitwillpauseanybackgroundactivities
and shut down.
• Wake –Whenyourcomputerwakes,thePegasus3unitautomaticallypowerson.
• Shutdown –Whenyourcomputershutsdown,thePegasus3unitautomaticallyshutsdown.
• Restart After Shutdown –Whenyourcomputerpowersup,thePegasus3unitautomatically
powers up.
• Spin down HDD-ThePegasus3includesapowersavingfeaturethatspinsdowntheharddisk
drivesifthelogicaldriveisidlefor30minutes.Thiscanbeenabledordisabledandtheidletime
canbechangedinthePegasusUtility.ClickontheController link in the Dashboard,thenclickthe
Settingsbuttontoseehowtochangethissetting.
Shutting down the Pegasus3
The Pegasus3 shuts down automatically if you turn off your computer. If you want to turn off the
Pegasus3withoutshuttingdownyourcomputer,followthestepsbelow.
To shut down the Pegasus3 unit:
1. EjectthePegasus3byright-clickingonthedriveiconandchoosingtheEject option.
2. LaunchthePegasusUtilityandclickontheSubsystemInformationmenubuttonatthetop
oftheinterface,unlocktheuserinterface(see“UnlockingtheUI”onpage16),clickonthe
Shutdownbutton,thenclickonShutdown in the new menu that appears. You will need to type
“conrm”inthepop-upmenuandclickontheConrmbutton.
Alternatively,youcanpressandholdthePowerButtonuntilthePowerLEDonthebuttonturns
orange.WhenyoureleasethePowerButton,theLEDgoesdark.