User manual TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400 (3G)

[. . . ] The instructions and descriptions it contains are accurate for the Toshiba Portégé 7140CT/7200CT Portable Personal Computer at the time of this manual's production. However, succeeding computers and manuals are subject to change without notice. Toshiba assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions or discrepancies between the computer and the manual. Trademarks IBM is a registered trademark and IBM PC, OS/2, and PS/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS, Microsoft, Windows and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Windows 98 shuts down in Standby mode. ) Allows the panel power on/off feature to be used. While the computer saves the contents of memory to the HDD in Hibernation mode, the Disk indicator lights. If Hibernation fails, the following message will be displayed when you turn the power back on: WARNING: CAN'T RESTORE HIBERNATED STATE. The computer reinitialises RAM and resets all soft keys. User's Manual Power and Power-Up Modes 6-13 Setting the mode There are two ways to set the power up mode: hotkeys and TSETUP. Hotkeys You can use hotkeys Fn + F3 to set the power-up modes. See Chapter 5, The Keyboard, for details. TSETUP You can use the MS-DOS-based utility TSETUP to set two power-up modes: Resume and Boot. The Resume mode is called Suspend/Resume in Windows 95 and Standby in Windows 98. The functions are essentially the same. Panel power on/off You can set up your computer so that power turns on automatically when you open the display panel and turns off when you close it. Refer to Chapter 7, Setup and Password Security, for an explanation of how to enable this convenient feature. If you have enabled the Panel power on/off function, and you use the Suspend or Standby button in the Windows Shut Down menu to turn off the computer, do not close the panel until the suspend function is completed. If you close the panel before the suspend function is completed, Resume will not work. System Auto Off This feature turns the system off automatically if it is not used for a set duration. Refer to Chapter 7, Setup and Password Security, for an explanation of how to set the duration. 6-14 Power and Power-Up Modes User's Manual Auto Power On This feature lets you set a time and date for the system to turn on automatically. The I/O port, IRQ and DMA channel are set in Windows 95/98 Device Manager. First page of TSETUP Memory This group displays the system's total memory. Password This option allows you to set or reset the user password for power on and instant security. The user password has not been registered. If the supervisor password has been registered, it must be entered to access this and other TSETUP functions. For details on setting the password, refer to the Password security section later in this chapter. Battery These options let you set battery save functions for optimum performance or battery power conservation. 7-4 Setup and Password Security User's Manual Battery Save Mode This option is used to select Full Power, Low Power or User Setting of the BATTERY SAVE OPTIONS. (Default) BATTERY SAVE OPTIONS Processing Speed CPU Sleep Mode Display Auto Off HDD Auto Off System Auto Off LCD Brightness = = = = = = High Enabled 30Min. Disabled Bright (W/Battery power) or Super-Bright (W/External power) = Performance Cooling Method Low Power The following shows low power settings: BATTERY SAVE OPTIONS Processing Speed CPU Sleep Mode Display Auto Off HDD Auto Off System Auto Off LCD Brightness = = = = = = Low Enabled 03Min. Semi-Bright* (W/Battery power) or Bright (W/External power) = Quiet Cooling Method In boot mode, System Auto Off is not displayed. User Setting This option, allows you to set the battery save parameters on the sub-window, BATTERY SAVE OPTIONS. When you select this option, the automatic setting feature (Full Power or Low Power) is disabled and the user-preferred parameters become effective. User's Manual Setup and Password Security 7-5 Peripheral This group of options determines how a number of internal and external devices work with your computer. Pointing Devices Use this option to enable or disable the AccuPoint II when a PS/2 mouse is connected to the computer. Auto-Selected If a PS/2 mouse is connected to the computer when you turn on the power, the PS/2 mouse is enabled and the AccuPoint II is disabled. (Default) Enables both the AccuPoint II and PS/2 mouse. Simultaneous Ext. [. . . ] A logic circuit design that uses switching transistors for gates and storage. U USB: The Universal Serial Bus is a way to connect up to 127 devices through one connector. A new development in 1997, this offers significantly improved ease of use and reliability than earlier expansion methods. V VGA: Video graphics array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets you run any popular software. volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information as long as the computer is connected to a power source. W Warm dock/undock: Connecting or disconnecting a device to or from the computer while the computer is suspended. warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off. [. . . ]