Supermicro SUPER P4SS8, User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS
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Power Button Mode
This option allows you to change the function of the chassis power
button. The settings are On/Off and Suspend. When set to Suspend,
depressing the power button when the system is up will cause it to
enter a suspend state.
Suspend Timeout
This option specifies the length of hard disk inactivity time that should
expire before entering the power conserving state. The settings are
Off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (minutes).
ACPI Aware O/S
This option allows the system to utilize Intel's ACPI (Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface) specification. Settings are No and Yes. DOS®,
Windows 3.x®, and Windows NT® are examples of non-ACPI aware oper-
ating systems. Windows 95®, Windows 98®, Windows ME® and Windows
2000® are examples of ACPI aware operating systems.
Power Management
When enabled, this option displays the following four options relating to
power management. The settings are Disabled and Enabled.