T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n

If shown as available, it is assumed by the system not to be in use by any ISA card or device and therefore will be made available for the PCI auto-configure process.

Although many ISA cards are very simple to configure, the resources they use, if any, must be registered in the BIOS.

Power Management

Note

Read also the information in the Help topics within the Apricot Power Management programme in Windows before attempting any changes.

The adjustable settings available here will be dependant upon your system configuration. If remote control is fitted, POST will have detected the interface internally and will then enable or disable appropriate sections and settings within the BIOS. If settings are greyed out or not selectable, then the adjustments are within the Apricot software in Windows.

If timings etc., are available for editing, they will have been pre-set in our factory to ensure compliance with the Energy Star Programme, but timing changes, or disabling the features, are both straight forward.

Energy Saving has a two stage operation. First there is a ‘Low Power’ mode. The monitor will blank and certain components inside the system will slow down or stop. The system is restarted by predetermined events, such as mouse or keyboard activity.

Second stage is ‘Standby’, where the monitor is virtually off, the processor halts, the HDD will spin down, the fans may stop and the whole system enters a state where it will typically be consuming less than 20W. The system is restarted by pressing the ‘standby’ button on the system front.

Dependant upon system configuration, certain events will trigger ‘intermediate’ states, e.g. an incoming modem call or network e-mail will start up the appropriate sections of the system, deal with the message, then return to standby. These events can be pre-set as required.

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