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Power Management Setup, Sleep State

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BIOS Setup Power Management Setup MSI Reminds You... S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your oper- ating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Win- dows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this field. 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 in formation of system configuration and open applications/ files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs. Auto The system will decide when to enter S1 or S3 state. Power Management This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related 3-21

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BIOS Setup
Power Management Setup
Sleep State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your oper-
ating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Win-
dows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3
(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. 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 in
formation of system configuration and open applications/
files is saved to main memory that remains powered
while most other hardware components turn off to save
energy. The information stored in memory will be used
to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs.
Auto
The system will decide when to enter S1 or S3 state.
Power Management
This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related
MSI Reminds You...
S3-related functions described in this section are available only
when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.