Acer E700 Power Management Function Acpi Support Function, Device Standby Mode, Suspend Mode

Power Management Function (ACPI Support Function)

Device Standby Mode

•Independent power management timer for hard disk drive devices (zero to 15 minutes, time step = one minute).

•Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface).

•Disable V-sync to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

•Resume method: device activated (keyboard for DOS, keyboard & mouse for Windows).

•Resume recovery time: three to five seconds.

Global Standby Mode

•Global power management timer (two to 120 minutes, time step = 10 minutes).

•Hard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface).

•Disable H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

•Resume method: return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in, keyboard and mouse for APM mode.

•Resume recovery time: seven to 10 seconds.

Suspend Mode

•Independent power management timer (two to 120 minutes, time step = 10 minutes) or pushing external switch button.

•CPU goes into SMM.

•CPU asserts STPCLK# and goes into the Stop Grant state.

•LED on the panel turns amber color.

•Hard disk drive goes into SLEEP mode (for ATA standard interface).

•Disable H-sync and V-sync signals to control the VESA DPMS monitor.

•Ultra I/O and VGA chip go into power saving mode.

•Resume method: return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in, keyboard and mouse for APM mode.

•Return to original state by pushing external switch button, modem ring in and USB keyboard for ACPI mode.

ACPI

•ACPI specification 1.0b

•S0, S1, S3 and S5 sleep state support

•Onboard device power management support

•Onboard device configuration support

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