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Chapter 2
Power Management Setup
The Power Management menu lets you configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating
in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings:
Parameter
Description
Options
ACPI Suspend Type
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI
function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is a low power
state. In this state, no system context (CPU or chipset)
is lost and hardware maintains all system context. S3
(STR): The S3 sleep mode is s power-down state in
which power is supplied only to essential components
such as main memory and wake-capable devices and
all system context is saved to main memory. The
information stored in memory will be used to restore
the PC to the previous state when an wake-up event
occurs.
S1 (POS) : Set ACPI suspend
type to S1/POS(Power On
Suspend).
S3 (STR)
: Set ACPI suspend
type to S3/STR
Video Off In Suspend
This option defines if the video is powered down when
the system is put into suspend mode.
Disabled
Enabled
HDD Power Down
This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time
before the device enters the power down state. This
item is independent from the power states previously
described in this section (Standby and Suspend).
Disabled
1~15 Mins
Soft-off by PWR-BTTN
This feature allows users to configure the power button
function.
Instand-off : Press down
button then power off instantly
Delay 4 Sec. : Press power
button 4 sec. to power off.
Enter suspend if button is
pressed less than 4 sec.
