Acpi/Pc 98 Features - Supermicro SUPER P6DLE User Manual

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1-3 ACPI/PC 98 Features

ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. The
ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware inter-
face that provides a standard way to integrate power management
features throughout a PC system, including hardware, operating
system and application software.
matically turn on and off peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network
cards, hard disk drives, and printers.
devices connected to the PC such as VCRs, TVs, phones, and ste-
reos.
In addition to enabling operating system-directed power manage-
ment, ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug
and Play and an operating system-independent interface for con-
figuration control.
structures while providing a processor architecture-independent
implementation that is compatible with both Windows 95 and Win-
dows NT.
Microsoft OnNow
The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive, system-wide ap-
proach to system and device power control. OnNow is a term for a
PC that is always on but appears off and responds immediately to
user or other requests.
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-state Indicator
When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the power LED will start
blinking to indicate that the CPU is in sleep mode. When the user
presses any key, the CPU will wake-up and the LED will automati-
cally stop blinking and remain on.
This enables the system to auto-
This also includes consumer
ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data
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