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Power management, Automatic power-on features, Power – Lenovo THINKCENTRE 8177 User Manual

Page 222: Management, Automatic, Configuration, Interface, Acpi), Bios, Power-on

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Power

management

Power

management

reduces

the

power

consumption

of

certain

components

of

the

computer

such

as

the

system

power

supply,

processor,

hard

disk

drives,

and

some

monitors.

Automatic

configuration

and

power

interface

(ACPI)

BIOS

Being

an

ACPI

BIOS

system,

the

operating

system

is

allowed

to

control

the

power

management

features

of

the

computer

and

the

setting

for

Advanced

Power

Management

(APM)

BIOS

mode

is

ignored.

Not

all

operating

systems

support

ACPI

BIOS

mode.

Automatic

Power-On

features

The

Automatic

Power-On

features

within

the

Power

Management

menu

allow

you

to

enable

and

disable

features

that

turn

on

the

computer

automatically.

v

Serial

Port

A

Ring

Detect

:

With

this

feature

set

to

Enabled

and

an

external

modem

connected

to

serial

port

(COM1),

the

computer

will

turn

on

automatically

when

a

ring

is

detected

on

the

modem.

v

PCI

Modem

Ring

Detect

:

With

this

feature

set

to

Enabled

,

the

computer

will

turn

on

automatically

when

a

ring

is

detected

on

the

internal

modem.

v

PCI

Wake

Up:

This

feature

allows

PCI

cards

that

support

this

capability

to

wake

the

system.

v

Wake

Up

on

Alarm

:

You

can

specify

a

date

and

time

at

which

the

computer

will

be

turned

on

automatically.

This

can

be

either

a

single

event

or

a

daily

event.

v

Wake

on

LAN

:

If

the

computer

has

a

properly

configured

token-ring

or

Ethernet

LAN

adapter

card

that

is

Wake

on

LAN-enabled

and

there

is

remote

network

management

software,

you

can

use

the

Wake

on

LAN

feature.

When

you

set

Wake

on

LAN

to

Enabled

,

the

computer

will

turn

on

when

it

receives

a

specific

signal

from

another

computer

on

the

local

area

network

(LAN).

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