Foxconn N570SM2AA Power Management Setup, BIOS Description, vACPI function, v ACPI Suspend Type

Chapter 3 BIOS Description

Power Management Setup

Power Management Setup Menu

vACPI function

ACPI stands for “Advanced Configuration and Power Interface”. ACPI is a standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces be- tween an operating system and the BIOS. In other words, it is a standard that describes how computer components work together to manage system hardware. In order to use this function the ACPI specification must be supp- orted by the OS (for example, Windows2000 or WindowsXP). The available setting values are: Enabled and Disabled.

vACPI Suspend Type

This option is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function. When you select “S1 (POS)” mode, the power will not shut off and the supply status will remain as it is, in S1 mode the computer can be resumed at any time. When you select “S3 (STR)” mode, the power will be cut off after a delay period. The status of the computer before it enters STR will be saved in memory, and the computer can quickly return to previous status when the STR function wakes. When you select “S1 & S3” mode, the system will automatically select the delay time.

vPower Management

This option is used to set the power management scheme. Available settings are: User Define, Min Saving and Max Saving.

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