Chapter 3: Understanding The Rapid Resume Features - IBM Aptiva Handbook

Understanding the Rapid Resume features
The IBM Aptiva Personal Computer comes with a set of
energy-saving features, called the Rapid Resume
features. Using the Rapid Resume features, your
computer can perform certain tasks unattended or in
less time. For example, you can set up your computer to
automatically turn on, run a program, and turn back off
again. You can also reduce the amount of time required
to start your computer.
You can view or change the current settings for the
Rapid Resume features in two locations. On your
Windows 95 desktop, you can open the Rapid Resume
Manager. In the Setup Utility, you can open a menu for
Rapid Resume settings.
In the Rapid Resume Manager, you can work with the
basic Rapid Resume features. See the following sections
for descriptions of these features:
•
"Rapid Resume" on page 22
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"Automatic Power Off" on page 23
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"Standby" on page 24
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"Snapshot" on page 25
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"Scheduler" on page 25
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"Automatic Power On" on page 26
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"Wake Up on Ring" on page 27
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"Ring Indicator" on page 27
In the Setup Utility, you can work with all the features
that are available in the Rapid Resume Manager except
the Scheduler. In addition, you can work with the
following Rapid Resume options:
•
APM BIOS mode
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Initialize adapter cards
•
Halt CPU when idle
•
Blink power light
•
Check keyboard activity
•
Check mouse activity
•
Check disk drive 1 and 2 activity
•
Check disk drive 3 and 4 activity
•
Check diskette drive activity
•
Check serial port activity
•
Check USB port activity
•
Check parallel port activity
•
Check modem activity (IRQ 10)
•
On/off button mode
For general instructions on using the Setup Utility, see
"Using the Setup Utility" on page 31. See "Changing
Rapid Resume features configuration" on page 39 for
descriptions of all of the Rapid Resume features that are
available from the Setup Utility.
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