Tyan Computer B5102, GX21 manual Power Management Setup, ACPI Function, Enabled / Disabled

Power Management Setup

This section describes power management setup options.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power Management Setup

ACPI Function		[Enabled]	Item Help
Power Management		[User Define]	_________________________
Video Off Method		[DPMS]
Video Off In Suspend		[Yes]	Menu Level X
Suspend Type		[Stop Grant]
MODEN Use IRQ		[3]
Suspend Mode		[Disabled]
HDD Power Down		[Disabled]
CPU THRM-Throttling		[50.0%]
XPower On Setup		[Press Enter]
XReload Global Timer		[Press Enter]
Events
↑↓←→	: Move Enter: Select	+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values		F6: Fail-Safe Defaults	F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Function

If your system supports ACPI, then enable this ACPI function. ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) estab- lishes industry-standard interfaces for OS-directed configura- tion and power management on laptops, desktops, and servers.

ACPI allows the Operating System (instead of the BIOS) to control Power Management (OSPM). The ACPI Standard defines hardware registers (which are implemented in chipset silicon), BIOS interfaces, which include configuration tables, control methods, and motherboard device enumeration and configuration; system and device power states, and the APCI thermal model.

All devices in the system can communicate with each other about resource use. The operating system has the most knowledge on a running system's state, and so is in the best position to perform power management. The choices are:

Enabled / Disabled

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