8170 N/B MAINTENANCE

1.5.9.4 Definitions when APM engaged

System States:

 

Full On

-Full running state, the system is in optimized performance

Idle

-Clock throttling state, CPU is running between C0 & C2 states

Standby

-Same as S1/S2 above

Suspend

-Same as S3 above (Including save-to-ram and power-on-suspend)

Save to Disk

-Same as S4 above

￿Note: When Save to Disk partition is not made on disk, BIOS will choose Save to RAM instead of Save to Disk

Enter Condition:

 

Idle

-Entered when CPU Idle Function is called

Standby

-Entered when SetPowerState(Standby) Function is called

Suspend

-Entered when SetPowerState(Suspend) is called, and user select STR in SCU

Save to Disk

-Entered when SetPowerState(Suspend) is called, and user select STD in SCU

Resume Event :

 

Idle

-Resume when CPU Busy Function is called

Standby

-Resume only when keyboard device have activities, when ring come in on internal

 

modem or PCMCIA card. The reason for not selecting track-pad as resume event is that,

 

it’s too sensitive sometimes

Suspend

-Entered when SetPowerState(Suspend) is called, and user select STR in SCU

Save to Disk

-Entered when SetPowerState(Suspend) is called, and user select STD in SCU

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