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 |
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ACPI Function | This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced | Enabled |
| Configuration and Power Management Interface) | Disabled |
| Function. If your operating system is ACPI- |
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| aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select |
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| Enabled. |
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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 | |
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| maintains all system context. S3 (STR): The S3 |
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| sleep mode is s |
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| power is supplied only to essential components |
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| such as main memory and |
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| devices and all system context is saved to main |
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| memory. The information stored in memory will |
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| be used to restore the PC to the previous state |
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| when an |
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| and S3 will be adopted. |
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