Advanced Power Management (Apm) - Acer Extensa 355 User Manual

To leave standby mode and return to normal mode:
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Press any key
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Move the active pointing device (internal or external, PS/2 or serial)
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Resume Timer is set and matched
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Opening the display cover
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If an incoming PC card modem event occurs and the Modem Ring
Resume On Indicator is enabled, the notebook returns to normal mode.
3.2.2

Advanced Power Management (APM)

This notebook supports the APM standard designed to further reduce
system power consumption.
defined jointly by Microsoft and Intel. An increasing number of software
supports APM to take advantage of power saving features and allows
greater system availability without degrading performance.
DOS
You can use the APM feature under the DOS environment by including the
POWER.EXE command in the CONFIG.SYS file.
manual for instructions on how to edit the CONFIG.SYS file. For more
information about APM, type the following at the DOS prompt:
HELP POWER.EXE
Windows 3.x
To enable APM under the Windows environment, run Windows Setup and
select
MS-DOS System with APM
System Information menu. Refer to the Windows user's guide for details.
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APM is a power-management approach
See the MS-DOS
as your computer type in the
User's Manual