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Power Management Setup Option
This option displays items that let you control the system power
management. Modern operating systems take care of much of the power
management. This mainboard supports ACPI (advanced configuration
and power interface). The system has various power saving modes
including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending
to RAM, and a software power down that allows the system to be
automatically resumed by certain events.
Power Management Timeouts
The power-saving modes can be controlled by timeouts. If the system is
inactive for a time, the timeouts begin counting. If the inactivity continues
so that the timeout period elapses, the system enters a power-saving
mode. If any item in the list of
Reload Global Timer Events
is Enabled,
then any activity on that item will reset the timeout counters to zero.
Wake Up Calls
If the system is suspended, or has been powered down by software, it
can be resumed by a wake up call that is generated by incoming traffic to
a modem, a LAN card, a PCI card, or a fixed alarm on the system
realtime clock,
