4–12 Startup and Reference Guide—Part 2
Power
Initiating or Resuming from Hibernation
Task Procedure Result
Initiate
Hibernation
With the notebook on, use either
of the following procedures:
■ Briefly press the power
button.
■ Select Start > Shut Down >
Hibernate. (If the Hibernate
option is not displayed, press
and hold shift.)
✎
If the notebook is in
Standby, you must
resume from Standby
before you can initiate
Hibernation.
■ The power/standby
light turns off.
■ The screen clears.
Allow the system
to initiate
Hibernation (with
Hibernation
enabled)
■ If the notebook is running on
battery power, the system
initiates Hibernation after 30
minutes of notebook inactivity
or when the battery pack
reaches a critical low-battery
condition.
■ If the notebook is running on
external power, the system
will not initiate Hibernation.
■ Power settings and timeouts
can be changed in the Power
Options window.
■ The power/standby
light turns off.
■ The screen clears.
Resume from
user-initiated or
system-initiated
Hibernation.
Press the power button.
✎
If the system initiated
Hibernation because of
a critical low-battery
condition, connect
external power or insert
a charged battery pack
before you press the
power button.
■ The power/standby
light turns on.
■ Your work returns to
the screen.
