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Service Reference Guide, dc5100
Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features
Power
OS Power
Management
• Runtime Power Management - Enable/Disable. Allows certain
operating systems to reduce processor voltage and frequency
when the current software load does not require the full
capabilities of the processor.
• Idle Power Savings - Extended/Normal. Allows certain
operating systems to decrease the processors power
consumption when the processor is idle.
• ACPI S3 Support - Enables or disables ACPI S3 support.
• ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset - Enabling this causes the BIOS to
ensure hard disks are ready to accept commands after
resuming from S3 before returning control to the operating
system.
• ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup - Enables or disables waking from
S3 due to PS2 mouse activity.
Hardware Power
Management
SATA power management enables or disables SATA bus and/or
device power management.
Thermal
Fan idle mode - This bar graph controls the minimum permitted fan
speed.
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Option
Description
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Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.