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Power
Software Guide 1–9
Initiating or Resuming from Hibernation
Task Procedure Result
User-initiated
Hibernation.
With the notebook on:
■ Briefly press the power
button
-or-
■ Select Start > Shut
Down > Hibernate. (If the
Hibernate option is not
displayed, press and
hold shift.)
✎
In the Power Options
window, you can
change the default
settings for the power
button or the display
switch.
■ Power/Standby light
turns off.
■ Screen clears.
System-initiated
Hibernation
(with Hibernation
enabled).
If the notebook is running on
external power, the system will
not initiate Hibernation.
If the notebook is running on
battery power, the system
initiates Hibernation:
■ After 30 minutes of
notebook inactivity, or
■ When an inserted battery
pack reaches a critical
low-battery condition
(3 percent of a full charge
remaining).
■ Power/Standby light
turns off.
■ Screen clears.
Resume from
user-initiated or
system-initiated
Hibernation.
Press the power button.
✎
If Hibernation was
initiated by a critical
low-battery condition,
attach AC power or a
charged battery pack
to resume.
■ Power/Standby light
turns on.
■ Your work returns to
the screen.