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Power Management Setup, Function, Sleep State, Suspend Mode

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BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/ 2000/ME, select [Enabled]. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options are: [S1/POS] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context. [S3/STR] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs. Power Management This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to the mode: Suspend Mode. There are three options for power management: [Min Saving] Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour. [Max Saving] Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min. [User Define] Allows end users to configure the Suspend Mode field. Suspend Mode When you choose [User Define] in the Power Management item, this item is selectable. This setting allows you to select the type of Suspend mode. Setting options: [Disabled] (default setting), [1 min] to [1 hour]. 3-17

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BIOS Setup
Power Management Setup
ACPI
Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management
Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/
2000/ME, select [Enabled]. Setting options: [Enabled]
,
[Disabled]
.
Sleep State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options are:
[S1/POS]
The S1 sleep mode is a low power state.
In this state, no
system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware
maintains all system context.
[S3/STR]
The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information
of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to
main memory that remains powered while most other hardware
components turn off to save energy.
The information stored in
memory will be used to restore the system when a “wake up”
event occurs.
Power Management
This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to the
mode:
Suspend Mode
.
There are three options for power management:
[Min Saving]
Minimum Power Management.
Suspend Mode = 1 Hour.
[Max Saving]
Maximum Power Management.
Suspend Mode = 1 Min.
[User Define]
Allows end users to configure the Suspend Mode field.
Suspend Mode
When you choose [User Define] in the
Power Management
item, this item is selectable.
This setting allows you to select the type of Suspend mode. Setting options: [Disabled]
(default setting)
,
[1 min]
to [1 hour].