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ACPI Function, ACPI Suspend Type, HDD Power Down

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POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP BIOS Setup The Power Management Setup menu configures the system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function Activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware (i.e. Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP) select Enabled. Settings: Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type Set the power saving mode for ACPI function. Settings are: S1(POS) S3(STR) S1 & S3 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 context. 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 Set the time to power down HDD after hard disk inactivity. Settings: Disabled and 1~15 (minutes) 43

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BIOS Setup
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P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
S
ETUP
The Power Management Setup menu configures the system to most
effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own
style of computer use.
ACPI Function
Activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management) Function.
If your operating system is ACPI-aware (i.e. Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP)
select Enabled. Settings:
Enabled
and
Disabled
ACPI Suspend Type
Set the power saving mode for ACPI function. Settings are:
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 context.
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
Set the time to power down HDD after hard disk inactivity. Settings:
Disabled
and
1~15
(minutes)