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Power Management

AC Recovery

(Off default)

Protection technology is disabled.

￿On — Execute Disable Memory Protection technology is enabled.

Specifies how the computer will behave when AC power is restored after an AC power loss.

￿Off — The system stays off after AC power is restored.

￿On — The system powers on after AC power is restored.

￿Last — The system returns to the previous state after AC power is restored.

Auto Power On

Disables or selects when to

 

automatically turn on the computer.

(Off default)

 

 

 

￿

Off — Do not use the Auto

 

 

Power Time.

 

￿

Everyday — Turn the computer

 

 

on every day at the time set in

 

 

Auto Power Time.

 

￿

Weekdays — Turn the computer

 

 

on Monday through Friday at the

 

 

time set in Auto Power Time.

 

NOTE: This feature does not work if

 

you turn off your computer using a

 

power strip or surge protector.

Auto Power Time

Specifies the time to automatically turn

 

on the computer.

 

Change the time to automatically turn

 

on the computer by pressing the up- or

 

down-arrow key to increase or decrease

 

the numbers, or type the numbers in

 

the appropriate time field.

 

NOTE: This feature does not work if

 

you turn off your computer using a

 

power strip or surge protector.

Low Power Mode

Specifies how aggressive the system is

 

at conserving power while in hibernate

(Off default)

mode or turned off.

 

 

 

￿

Off — Add more functionality.

 

￿

On — Conserve more power.

Suspend Mode

Specifies the power management

 

suspend mode.

(S3 default)

 

 

 

￿

S1 — The computer resumes

 

 

more quickly from sleep mode.

 

￿

S3 — The computer conserves

 

 

more power when not in use

 

 

(system memory remains

 

 

active).

Maintenance

 

 

Service Tag

Displays the system service tag.

SERR Message

Controls the SERR message

 

mechanism. Some graphics cards

(On default)

require that the SERR Message

mechanism be disabled.

 

 

￿

Off — Do not use the SERR

 

 

message mechanism.

 

￿

On — Use the SERR message

 

 

mechanism.

Load Defaults

This setting restores the computer's

 

factory-installed default settings.

 

￿

Cancel — Do not restore factory-

 

 

installed default settings.

 

￿

Continue — Restore factory-

 

 

installed default settings.

Event Log

Displays the system event log.

 

￿

Mark all entries — Mark all

 

 

event log entries as read (R).

 

￿

Clear log — Clear all event log

 

 

entries.

NOTE: Once an event log entry is marked as read (R) that entry cannot

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720 specifications

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