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ACPI Suspend Type, HDD Power Down

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POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP BIOS Setup Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type HDD Power Down Power Management Timer Video Off Option Power Off by PWRBTN Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume AC Loss Auto Restart [S1(POS)] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Suspend -> Off] [Instant-Off] [Auto] [Off] Item Help Menu Level This item allows you to select how the BIOS put system into power saving mode. Peripherals Activities IRQs Activities [Press Enter] [Press Enter] S1(POS): System in low power mode S3(STR): All components are powered off except memory. S1 & S3: Depends on OS to select S1 or S3 : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults ACPI Suspend Type Setting S1(POS) S3(STR) S1 & S3 Description S1/Power On Suspend (POS) is a low power state. In this state, no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains all system contexts. S3/Suspend To RAM (STR) is a power-down state. In this state, power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wakeup-capable devices. The system context is saved to main memory, and context is restored from the memory when a "wakeup" event occurs. Depends on the OS to select S1 or S3. HDD Power Down Sets the length of time for a period of inactivity before powering down the hard disk. Settings: [Disabled, 1~15 (minutes)] 49

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BIOS Setup
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P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
S
ETUP
: Move
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
Menu Level
This item allows you
to select how the BIOS
put system into power
Item Help
ACPI Suspend Type
HDD Power Down
[Disabled]
Video Off Option
[Suspend -> Off]
Power Off by PWRBTN
[Instant-Off]
Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume
[Auto]
AC Loss Auto Restart
[Off]
Peripherals Activities
[Press Enter]
IRQs Activities
[Press Enter]
Power Management Timer
[Disabled]
Power Management Setup
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
saving mode.
[S1(POS)]
S1(POS): System in
low power mode
S3(STR): All
components are powered
off except memory.
S1 & S3: Depends on
OS to select S1 or S3
ACPI Suspend Type
Setting
Description
S1(POS)
S1/Power On Suspend (POS) is a low power state.
In this state,
no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware
maintains all system contexts.
S3(STR)
S3/Suspend To RAM (STR) is a power-down state.
In this state,
power is supplied only to essential components such as main
memory and wakeup-capable devices.
The system context is
saved to main memory, and context is restored from the
memory when a "wakeup" event occurs.
S1 & S3
Depends on the OS to select S1 or S3.
HDD Power Down
Sets the length of time for a period of inactivity before powering down the
hard disk.
Settings: [Disabled, 1~15 (minutes)]