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BIOS Setup
Power Management Setup
ACPI Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Man-
agement Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as
Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select
Enabled
. Setting options:
Enabled
,
Disabled
.
NMI Control
This feature allows users to disable or enable the non-maskable interrupts
(NMI) that prevent normal operation of the computer, i.e. memory parity check.
Setting options:
Enabled
,
Disabled
.
Power Management
This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related
to these modes:
Suspend Mode
and
HDD Power Down
. There are three op-
tions for power management:
Min Saving
Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour.
Max Saving
Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min.
User Define
Allows end users to configure each mode separately.
MSI Reminds You...
S3-related functions described in this section are available only
when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.