Computer Setup-Power | HP dc5700 manual

Computer Setup—Power

NOTE Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

Table 5 Computer Setup—Power

Option	Description

OS Power	● Runtime Power Management— Enable/Disable. Allows certain operating systems to reduce
Management		processor voltage and frequency when the current software load does not require the full
		capabilities of the processor.
	● Idle Power Savings—Extended/Normal. Allows certain operating systems to decrease the
		processors power consumption when the processor is idle.
	● ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset—Enabling this causes the BIOS to ensure hard disks are ready to
		accept commands after resuming from S3 before returning control to the operating system.
	● ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup—Enables or disables waking from S3 due to PS2 mouse activity.
	● USB Wake on Device Insertion (some models)—Allows system to wake from Standby on USB
		device insertion.
	● Unique Sleep Blink Rates—This feature is designed to give the user a visual indication of the
		sleep state the system is in. Each sleep state has a unique blink pattern:
		● S0 = Solid green LED.
		● S3 = 3 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds (green LED), i.e.,
			repeated cycles of 3 blinks and a pause.
		● S4 = 4 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds (green LED), i.e.,
			repeated cycles of 4 blinks and a pause.
		● S5 = LED is off.
		If this feature is disabled, S4 and S5 both have the LED off. S1 (no longer supported) and S3
		use 1 blink per second.

Hardware Power	SATA power management enables or disables SATA bus and/or device power management.
Management

Thermal	● Fan idle mode—This bar graph controls the minimum permitted fan speed.

			NOTE This setting only changes the minimum fan speed. The fans are still automatically

			controlled.
			controlled.

ENWW	Computer Setup (F10) Utilities 9

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