2.5Power menu

The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the Advanced Power Management (APM). Select an item then press <Enter> to display the configuration options.

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

Main

Advanced

Power

Boot

Tools

Exit

 

Suspend Mode

 

[Auto]

Select the ACPI state

 

used for System

ACPI 2.0 Support

 

[Disabled]

 

Suspend.

ACPI APIC Support

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

APM Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Change Option

 

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

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2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]

Allows you to select the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) state to be used for system suspend. Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto]

[S1 (POS) Only] - Enables the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Suspend) sleep state. In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in a low power mode. The system can be resumed at any time.

[S3 Only] - Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state (default). In S3 sleep state, the system appears to be off and consumes less power than in the S1 state. When signaled by a wake-up device or event, the system resumes to its working state exactly where it was left off.

[Auto] - Detected by OS.

2.5.2ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]

Allows you to add additional tables as per Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.5.3ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support in the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). When set to Enabled, the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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