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Software 5-3

5.2 Sleep Manager

Notebooks usually feature built-in power-saving functions. In addition to the

normal standby mode for power-saving, our notebooks are also capable of a

power management feature called 0-volt suspend to hard disk. When a

suspend event occurs, this built-in function saves all the system’s current

status onto your hard disk in the form of a file. The system then shuts off the

power. When the user resumes (e.g., opening the display), the system will

restore the data from the hard disk and resume from where you left off upon

leaving suspend mode.

Sleep Manager is a utility that reserves hard disk space needed to

successfully perform the suspend-to-disk feature. The user can use this

utility to create a contiguous area that resides on the hard disk. Once the

reserved space is created, the notebook will be capable of the “0-Volt

Suspend to Hard Disk” feature. User can also use this utility to remove the

reserved space from the disk. In this case, the machine will not be able to

enter 0-volt suspend mode.

Sleep Manager is functionally-connected with the Advanced Power

Management (APM) system of Microsoft Windows. Sleep Manager uses

many advanced APM functions. Sleep Manager is capable of auto-create

and auto-recover features. If the system memory size was changed or the

reserved space on the hard disk was corrupted, Sleep Manager will

reallocate the hard disk space for you automatically.

5.2.1 Accessing the Sleep Manager

There are two ways to bring up the Sleep Manager:

•

Taskbar. Double-click on the Sleep Manager status icon if enabled.

•

Start menu

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Select Programs.

3. Select 0V Suspend Utility.

4. Select Sleep Manager.

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