Power Settings

After setting up drives for the first time on Opal Lock, it is recommended that the system power settings be adjusted. At the end of setup, if the power settings do not match the recommended settings, you will be prompted to adjust the settings. Drives only lock when they are powered down completely. This happens when you either Shut Down or Hibernate the system. However, this does not happen properly when the system is put on Standby/Sleep. To resolve this, Standby/Sleep will be disabled when changing power settings with Opal Lock, and users can use the Power Settings window in Opal Lock to set when to turn off the screen and when to Hibernate the system. In addition, other buttons and actions that typically are used to put the system to Sleep such as closing the lid on a laptop or pressing the Sleep button will need to be set to options other than Sleep. Finally, the Sleep option will be hidden in the Start menu and replaced by the Hibernate option. WARNING: If the power settings are not changed to disable Standby/Sleep, and the drive goes into Standby/Sleep mode, then there will be problems when trying to awake the system that will force the user to power down the system completely, which will then fully lock the drive.