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2.5

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.

2.5.1

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]

2.5.2

Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]

Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS POST on S3/STR resume.
Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

2.5.3

ACPI 2.0 Support [No]

Allows you to add more tables for Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

2.5.4

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]

IRQ-xx assigned to [PCI Device]

When set to [PCI Device], the specific IRQ is free for use of PCI/PnP
devices. When set to [Reserved], the IRQ is reserved for legacy ISA
devices. Configuration options: [PCI Device] [Reserved]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main

Advanced

Power

Boot

Exit

Suspend Mode

[Auto]

Repost Video on S3 Resume

[No]

ACPI 2.0 Support

[No]

ACPI APIC Support

[Enabled]

APM Configuration
Hardware Monitor

Select the ACPI state
used for System
Suspend.