Power Management Features - MSI MS-6567 User Manual

Chapter 3

Power Management Features

IPCA Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Man-
agement Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as
Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select Yes. Available options: Yes, No.
Sleep State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options are:
S1/POS
S3/STR
Power Management/APM
Setting to Enabled will activate an Advanced Power Management (APM) de-
The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no
system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware
maintains all system context.
The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the infor-
mation of system cofiguration and open applications/
files is saved to main memory that remains powered while
most other hardware components turn off to save energy.
The information stored in memory will be used to restore
the system when a "wake up" event occurs.
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