Acer 505 series User Manual

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5 Software66Sleep ManagerMost notebook computers feature built-in power-saving functions. This computerhas two power management modes, Standby and Hibernation.While Standby puts your computer into a light sleep state, Hibernation shuts off allpower after saving the current state of your computer. The next time you slide thepower switch, the computer resumes from where you left off.Sleep Manager allows your computer to perform these power-saving functions.Note: See “Power management” on page 36 to understand how yourcomputer saves and manages power.Sleep Manager is a utility that works with your computer’s BIOS and WindowsAPM (Advanced Power Management) to manage the Hibernation operation. Thisincludes:• creating the Hibernation file which contains the current state of the computer• checking if the Hibernation file is valid• saving and loading the contents of the Hibernation file when entering into andresuming from Hibernation modeThe Hibernation file resides in a contiguous area on your hard disk.Sleep Manager can automatically create, recover, and reallocate space for theHibernation file. If the system memory size changes or the Hibernation file on thehard disk is corrupted, Sleep Manager reallocates the hard disk space for youautomatically.Accessing the Sleep ManagerThere are two ways to bring up the Sleep Manager.• On the taskbarThe computer automatically loads Sleep Manager every time you startWindows. Sleep Manager resides in the background and the Sleep Managerstatus icon appears on the taskbar.Double-click on the Sleep Manager status icon ( ), if enabled, to bringup the main Sleep Manager program.