Computer Setup—Power
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
Table 3-5 Computer Setup—Power
Option | Description | |
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OS Power | ● Runtime Power Management— Enable/Disable. Allows certain operating systems to reduce | |
Management | processor voltage and frequency when the current software load does not require the full | |
| capabilities of the processor. Default is enabled. | |
| ● Idle Power | |
| processors power consumption when the processor is idle. Default is extended. | |
| ● Unique Sleep State Blink | |
| visual indication of what sleep state the system is in. Each sleep state has a unique blink | |
| pattern. Default is disabled. | |
| ◦ | S0 (On) = Solid green LED. |
| ◦ | S3 (Stand By)= 3 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds |
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| (green LED) — repeated cycles of 3 blinks and a pause. |
| ◦ | S4 (Hibernation)= 4 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds |
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| (green LED) — repeated cycles of 4 blinks and a pause. |
| ◦ | S5 (Soft Off) = LED is off. |
| NOTE: If this feature is disabled, S4 and S5 both have the LED off. S1 (no longer | |
| supported) and S3 use 1 blink per second. | |
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Hardware Power | SATA Power Management – Enables or disables SATA bus and/or device power management. | |
Management | Default is enabled. | |
| S5 Maximum Power | |
| meet EUP Lot 6 requirement of less than 0.5 Watt power usage. Default is disabled. | |
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Thermal | Fan idle | |
| NOTE: This setting only changes the minimum fan speed. The fans are still automatically | |
| controlled. | |
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18 Chapter 3 Computer Setup (F10) Utility