CyberResearch® CPU Cards

CPEx GX-333-X

ÎACPI Mode

ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Under Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI

ACPI enables the direct control by the operating system over the power management and Plug and Play functions of a computer. ACPI requires an ACPI-aware operating system, such as Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, and later.

ACPI features include:

•Plug and Play and Advanced Power Management (APM) functionality as here contained in the BIOS Setup Utility.

•Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives.

•Features that enables a system to be held in a power-saving mode consuming less than 30-watt computer operation in the Power On Suspend sleeping state, and less than five-watt operation in the Suspend to Disk sleeping state.

•A soft-off feature that enables the operating system to turn off the computer.

ÎLegacy Mode

When set to Legacy, you can manually configure the parameters of the following two power- saving modes:

Standby Mode

Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters Standby Mode. If any item defined is enabled & active Standby timer will be reloaded. The standby mode turns screen and hard drives off. The time span configurable ranges from 1 second to 120 minutes.

Suspend Mode

Defines the timeout before the system enters the Suspend Mode. The suspend mode powers down the system and keeps a trickle of power. If an interrupt to RTC reaches, the system wakes up. The time span configurable ranges from 1 second to 120 minutes.

ÎMODEM Use IRQ

Select an interrupt request (IRQ) for the specific serial port connecting to a modem. Activity over the IRQ line awakens the system.

ÎPower-On by Alarm

When enabled, configurable time alarm will be available below. The system then will awake at the preset time from the soft-off power-saving state.

ÎIRQ Wakeup Events [Press Enter]

Press the Enter key on this item to display a list of configuration items. The system will be awaken by the activity of the configured IRQ device. The items include:

9

IRQ1 (Keyboard)

[ON]

9

IRQ3 (COM2)

[OFF]

9

IRQ4 (COM1)

[OFF]

 

 

 

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