Foxconn A6VMX User Manual
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Chapter 2 BIOS Description
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Power Management Setup Menu
6.Power Management Setup
6.1Cool ‘N’ Quiet
Enable or disable AMD “Cool ‘N’ Quiet” technology. Cool’N’Quiet is a CPU
speed throttling and power saving technology introduced by AMD with their
Athlon 64 processor line. It works by reducing the processor’s clock rate and
voltage when the computer has low usage. The aim of this technology is to
reduce overall power consumption and lower heat generation
6.2 Suspend mode
Use this item to define your system suspends. In the default “S3(STR)”,the
data and system operation status information will be stored in the memory,
and the system will shut down with the exception of a refresh current to the
system memory.If you select “S1(POS)”, the CPU clock will stop, but other
devices of system still have power supply.
6.3 Power Button Mode
This item allows the system go into On/Off mode or suspend mode when the
power button is pressed.Options:[On/Off] [Suspend].
6.4 POWER STATE
Use this item to control whether to start up your computer automatically or not
after a power failure event.If you selected “Power On”,the computer will auto-
matically start up when restore the power supply.If you selected “Power Off”,
the computer will still remain power off. If you selected “Last State”,the com-
puter will resume to the former state.
6.5 Wake on PME
This item helps to set whether to wake up the system by power management
events or not.
6.6 Wake on USB Devices/PS2 Keyboard/PS2 Mouse
Use these items to enable or disable USB Devices/PS2 Keyboard/PS2 Mouse
wake-uping function from sleep mode.