Chapter 4: AMIBIOS

ACPI Aware O/S

This option allows the system to utilize Intel's ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. Settings are No and Yes. DOS®, Windows 3.x®, and Windows NT® are examples of non-ACPI aware oper- ating systems. Windows 95®, Windows 98®, Windows ME® and Windows 2000® are examples of ACPI aware operating systems.

Power Management

When enabled, this option displays the following four options relating to power management. The settings are Disabled and Enabled.

Power Button Mode

This option allows you to change the function of the chassis power button. The settings are On/Off and Suspend. When set to Suspend, depressing the power button when the system is up will cause it to enter a suspend state.

Suspend Timeout

This option specifies the length of hard disk inactivity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state. The settings are Off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (minutes).

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