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ACPI Suspend Type, HDD Power Down, Power Management Timer

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BIOS Setup POWER MANAGEMENT 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 Peripherals Activities IRQs Activities [S1(POS)] [Disable] [Disable] [Suspend -> Off] [Instant-Off] [Auto] [Off] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] Item Help Menu Level This item allows you to select how the BIOS put the system in power saving mode. 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 F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General F7: Optimized Defaults Help 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)] Power Management Timer Set the idle time before system enters power saving mode. ACPI OS such as Windows XP will override this option. Settings: [Disabled, 1/2/4/6/8/10/20/30/40(minutes), 1(hour)] 63

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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 the system
in power saving mode.
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
Item Help
ACPI Suspend Type
[S1(POS)]
HDD Power Down
[Disable]
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
[Disable]
Power Management Setup
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
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)]
Power Management Timer
Set the idle time before system enters power saving mode.
ACPI OS such
as Windows XP will override this option.
Settings: [Disabled, 1/2/4/6/8/10/20/30/40(minutes), 1(hour)]