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Chapter 4: BIOS
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BIOS
Power Management
NOTE: APM is automatically installed. If using ACPI, changes to the
following settings up to and including LAN Wake-Up will have no affect.
If you prefer to use ACPI, refer to the instructions on initializing ACPI on
page 1-22.
Suspend to RAM Support
This allows you to Enable or Disable the Suspend to RAM feature. The
settings for this option are
Enabled
or
Disabled
. Available with ACPI
only.
Repost Video on S3 Resume
This determines whether or not to invoke the VGA BIOS post when
resuming from STR/S3. The settings for this option are
Enabled
and
Disabled
. Available with ACPI only.
Suspend Power Saving Type
The settings for this option are
S1
and
C2
. S1 is a normal suspend
state, in which no system (CPU or chipset) context is lost. C2 is a low
power state. In this state, the system cache is maintained.
Standby Time Out
This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in
the standby state. When this length of time expires, the computer enters
a suspend power state. The settings are
Disabled,
1Min, 5Min
and
10Min
.
Power Button Mode
This option specifies how the power button mounted externally on the
computer chassis is used. The settings are:
Standby
and
On/Off
. When
set to
On/Off
, pushing the power button turns the computer on or off.
The
Standby
setting places the computer in Standby mode or Full On
power mode.
Power Lost Control
This option determines when Power Lost Control will be effective. The
settings are
Always Off
and
Always On
.