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3.7 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most
effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style
of computer use
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Power Management
This item defines the ACPI(Advanced Configuration and Power
Management) feature that makes hardware status information available to
the operating system, enable a PC to turn its peripherals on or off for
improving the power management, and allows a PC turned on or off by
external devices, so that a mouse or keyboard can wake up it.
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The choice: ACPI
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Default: ACPI
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Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
Under ACPI you can create a software power down. In a software power
down, the system can be resumed by Wake-Up Alarm. This item lets you
install a software power down that is controlled by the power button on
your system. If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes
a software power down. If the item is set to Delay 4 seconds, then you have
to hold the power button down for 4 seconds to cause a software power
down.
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The choice: Delay 4 Sec. or Instant-Off
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Default: Instant-Off
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