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    vostro power button function

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by See-Fu, Apr 5, 2008.

  1. See-Fu

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    If I push the power buttron and hold it down for several seconds the system will shut down. If I push it and release what is it doing? Sleep mode? When I do it this way does the system stay on a lower power usage mode or does it shut down?
     
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    It depends on how you have it setup in the power settings. You can set it to sleep, hibernate, shut down or do nothing.

    I believe it is sleep by default, which just shutting the screen will do the same thing. Yes, it basically uses no energy but is ready to start up fast again.
     
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    You can specify what it does by clicking on the battery icon in the System Tray, selecting 'More power options', and then 'Choose what the power buttons do'.
     
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    If you want to shut down the computer, go to start > shutdown ... holding the power button to kill the laptop isn't a good thing.
     
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    what's the difference between sleep and hibernate?
     
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    Historically Sleep keeps data in memory with power to the RAM, Hibernate copies the RAM contents to the HD then shuts down completely (no power).
     
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    That's right. You should ONLY shut your computer down this way (pressing and holding the power button down) if Windows has frozen.
     
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    whats the difference between hibernate and shutdown then?
     
    See-Fu, Apr 5, 2008
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