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CHAPTER 4

AMI

BIOS USERS GUIDE

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Description of the item on screen follows:

ACPI Standby State

This option sets the ACPI Power Management Standby State.

S1 Sleeping State

The S1 sleeping state is low wake-up latency sleeping state. In this

state, no system context is lost(CPU or chip set) and hardware

maintains all system context.

S3 Sleeping State

The S3 state is a low wake-up latency sleeping sate where all system

context is lost expect system memory. CPU, cache, and chipset

context are lost in this state. Hardware maintains memory context and

restores some CPU and L2 configuration context.

Power Management/APM

Set this option to Enabled to enable the chipset’s power management

features and APM(Advanced Power Management). The settings are

Enabled, Inst-On(instant-on) or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default

settings are Disabled.

Green PC LED Status

This option specifies the power state that the green PC-compliant

video monitor enters when AMI

BIOS places it in a power savings state

after the specified period of display inactivity has expired. The settings are

Off, Standby, Suspend or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default

settings are Standby.

Green PC Monitor Power State