Phoenix Gold pmn manual Power Management Features, Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Power Management Features

To conserve power, especially when using the battery, your computer uses the ACPI power management system. Power management conserves power by controlling individual components of the computer (the monitor and hard disk drive) or the whole system.

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

The ACPI interface provides the computer with enhanced power saving tech- niques and gives the operating system (OS) direct control over the power and thermal states of devices and processors. For example, it enables the OS to set devices into low-power states based on user settings and information from ap- plications. ACPI is fully supported in Windows XP.

Advanced Controls



Shutdown3

Note that you should always shut your com- puter down by choos- ing the Turn Off Computer command from the Start menu in Windows. This will help prevent hard disk or system problems.

Forced Off

If the system “hangs”, and the Ctrl + Alt + Del

key combination doesn’t work, press the power button for 4 sec- onds, or longer, to force the system to turn itself off.

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