2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.5 Power menu
The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the ACPI and
Advanced Power Management (APM). Select an item then press <Enter> to display
the configuration options.

2.5.1 ACPI Aware O/S [Yes]

Set this item to [Yes] if the operating system supports the Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface [ACPI]. Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

2.5.2 Suspend Mode [S3 only]

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

2.5.3 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]

Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS POST on S3/STR resume. Configuration
options: [No] [Yes]

2.5.4 ACPI 2.0 Support [Yes]

Allows you to add more tables for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI) 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

2.5.5 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI) support in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). When
set to [Enabled], the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
ACPI Aware O/S [Yes]
Suspend Mode [S3 only]
Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
ACPI 2.0 Support [Yes]
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
APM Configuration
Hardware Monitor
Enable/Disable ACPI
support for operating
system.
ENABLE: If OS supports
ACPI.
DISABLE: If OS does
not support ACPI