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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.6.

Power.menu

The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the Advanced Power

Management (APM). Select an item then press to display the configuration options.

Suspend Mode [Auto]

ACPI 2.0 Support

[Disabled]

ACPI APIC Support

[Enabled]

APM Configuration

Hardware Monitor

Select the ACPI state

used for System

Suspend.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Ai Tweaker Advanced

Power

Boot Tools Exit

2.6.1.

Suspend.Mode.[Auto]

Allows you to select the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) state to be used

for system suspend. Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto]

[S1(POS).Only].- Enables the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Suspend) sleep

state. In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in a low power

mode. The system can be resumed at any time.

[S3.Only].- Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state

(default). In S3 sleep state, the system appears to be off and consumes less power

than in the S1 state. When signaled by a wake-up device or event, the system resumes

to its working state exactly where it was left off.

[Auto].- Detected by OS.

2.6.2.

ACPI.2.0.Support.[Disabled]

Allows you to add more tables for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0

specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.6.3.

ACPI.APIC.Support.[Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

support in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). When set to Enabled,

the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.6.4

APM Configuration

Restore.On.AC.Power.Loss.[Power.Off]

When set to [Power.Off], the system goes into off state after an AC power loss. When set

to [Power.On], the system goes on after an AC power loss. When set to [Last.State], the

system goes into either off or on state, whatever the system state was before the AC power

loss. Configuration options: [Power Off] [Power On] [Last State]

Power.On.By.RTC.Alarm.[Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event. When this item is set to

Enabled, the items RTC Alarm Date/ RTC Alarm Hour/ RTC Alarm Minute/ RTC Alarm

Second will become user-configurable with set values.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]