Power Management Setup

The Power Management menu lets you configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings:

The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.

Parameter

Description

Options

 

 

 

ACPI Function

This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced

Enabled

 

Configuration and Power Management Interface)

Disabled

 

Function. If your operating system is ACPI-

 

 

aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select

 

 

Enabled.

 

 

 

 

ACPI Suspend Type

This item specifies the power saving modes for

S3

 

ACPI function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is

S1

 

a low power state. In this state, no system

S1&S3

 

context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware

 

 

 

maintains all system context. S3 (STR): The S3

 

 

sleep mode is s power-down state in which

 

 

power is supplied only to essential components

 

 

such as main memory and wake-capable

 

 

devices and all system context is saved to main

 

 

memory. The information stored in memory will

 

 

be used to restore the PC to the previous state

 

 

when an wake-upevent occurs. S1&S3: Both S1

 

 

and S3 will be adopted.

 

 

 

 

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Acer 3300S manual Power Management Setup

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