Acer Veriton 3200 Veriton 3200 Service Guide - Page 39

Power Management The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power-management feature. It works only under APM mode. IMPORTANT:If an ACPI-aware operating system such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is installed in ACPI mode, the operating system will use the ACPI interfaces. Then the settings in Power Management page is non-effective. The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings: Power Management Power Management Mode Enabled] IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ........ [OFF] System Sleep Timer OFF] Sleep Mode Power Switch < 4 sec Suspend] System wake-up event Modem Ring Indicator Disabled] PCI Power Management Enabled] RTC Alarm Disabled] Resume Day Resume Time Restart on AC/Power Failure ....... [Disabled] ACPI Sleep State S1] The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Parameter Power Management Mode IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer System Sleep Timer Sleep Mode Description Options Allows you to reduce the system's power consumption. When enabled, the IDE hard disk and system timers become configurable. Enabled or Disabled Allows the hard disk to enter Standby mode Off or 1 to 15 minutes after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your setting. Automatically puts the system to powersaving mode after a specified period of inactivity. Any keyboard or mouse action, or any activity detected from the IRQ channels resumes system operation. Off, or 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50...120 minutes Lets you specify the power-saving mode that the system will enter after a specified period of inactivity. This parameter is configurable only if the System Sleep Timer is enabled. Suspend or Standby Chapter 2 32