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Chapter 2
Power Management Setup
The Power Management menu lets you configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating
in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings:
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in
boldface
are the default and
suggested settings.
Parameter
Description
Options
ACPI Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power Management Interface)
Function. If your operating system is ACPI
aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select
Enabled.
Enabled
Disabled
Suspend Mode
This item specifies the power saving modes for
ACPI function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is a
low power state. In this state, no system context
(CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains
all system context. S3 (STR): The S3 sleep
mode is s power-down state in which power is
supplied only to essential components such as
main memory and wake-capable devices and all
system context is saved to main memory. The
information stored in memory will be used to
restore the PC to the previous state when an
wake-up
event occurs.
S1 (POS)
S3 (STR)
Soft-off by PWR-BTTN
This option is used to set the power down
method. This function is only valid for systems
using an ATX power supply. When ““nstant off” is
selected, press the power switch to immediately
turn off power. When “delay 4 sec” is selected,
press and hole the power button for four seconds
to turn off power.
Instand Off
Delay 4 Sec.
Power Management
Use this item to enable or disable a power
management scheme. If you enable power
management, you can use this item below to set
the power management operation.
Enabled
Disabled
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Power Management Setup
Soft-off by PWR-BITN Delay 4 Sec
Suspend Time Out Disabled
Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled
Help Item
ACPI Function Enabled
Suspend mode S3(STR)
Power Management Enabled
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Optimized Defaults
USB KB Wake Up From S3 Enabled
PS2 Keyboard Wakeup Disabled
PS2 Mouse Wakeup Disabled
Resume On PME Disabled
KLIJ
:Move Enter: Select +/-/ :Value F10: Save ESC:Exit
PWRON After PWR-Fail Last State