Power Management Setup - MSI 760GM User Manual

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Important
S3-related functons descrbed n ths secton are avalable only when the BIOS sup-
ports S3 sleep mode.
▶ ACPI Functon
Ths tem s to actvate the ACPI (Advanced Configuraton and Power Management
Interface) Functon. If your operatng system s ACPI-aware, such as Wndows 98SE/
2000/ ME/ XP, select [Enabled].
▶ ACPI Standby State
Ths tem specfies the power savng modes for ACPI functon. If your operatng system
supports ACPI, such as Wndows 2000/ XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode
n S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashon through the settng of ths field. Settngs are:
[S1]
[S3]
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The S1 sleep mode s a low power state. In ths state, no system
context s lost (CPU or chpset) and hardware mantans all sys-
tem's context.
The S3 sleep mode s a lower power state where the n formaton of
system configuraton and open applcatons/files s saved to man
memory that remans powered whle most other hardware compo-
nents turn off to save energy. The nformaton stored n memory wll
be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs.