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Power Management Setup

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MS-7246 Mainboard Power Management Setup Important S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. 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 W indows 2000/ XP, select [Enabled]. Setting options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as W indows 98SE, W indows ME, W indows 2000 and W indows XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Setting 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 compo nents turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs. Video Off In Suspend This option enables the monitor to be turned off during the suspend mode. Setting options: [Yes], [No]. 3-16

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MS-7246 Mainboard
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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 2000/
XP, select [Enabled]. Setting options: [Enabled] and [Disabled].
ACPI Standby State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR)
fashion through the setting of this field. Setting 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 compo
nents turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will
be used to restore the system when a
“
wake up
”
event occurs.
Video Off In Suspend
This option enables the monitor to be turned off during the suspend mode. Setting
options: [Yes], [No].
Power Management Setup
Important
S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your
BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.