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much of the routine power management. This mainboard supports ACPI
(advanced configuration and power interface).
This system supports three levels of power-saving modes; doze mode,
standby mode, and suspend mode. Standby mode uses less power than
doze mode and suspend mode uses the least power.
The power management in the setup utility lets you specify a timeout for
each of the power-saving modes, and a timeout for a hard disk drive
power down. A timeout, means a period of time when the system (or the
hard disk drive) is inactive. If the timeout completes, the system power-
saving mode will execute, or the hard disk drive will power down.
You can resume from the power-saving modes by carrying out any of the
activities which are enabled in the list Reload Global Timer Events. If the
hard disk has been powered down it will automatically resume to full
power when an access to the hard disk is required (this takes just a few
seconds).
Power Management
Default: User Define
This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk
timeouts. If this item is set to Disabled, all the power-saving modes are disabled.
If this item is set to Max Saving, doze, standby, and suspend mode, will occur
after a timeout of 20 seconds. If this item is set to Min Saving, doze, standby,
and suspend mode will occur after a timeout of 40 minutes. If the item is set to
User Define, you can insert your own timeouts for the power-saving modes.
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