Power Management Setup - MSI 848PM User Manual

Power Management Setup

MSI Reminds You...
S3-related functions described in this section are available only
when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.
Sleep State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000,
you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through
the setting of this field. Options are:
[S1 (POS)]
[S3 (STR)]
Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume
When Sleep Slate is set to S3, users can select the options in this field. Selecting
[Yes] allows BIOS to call VGABIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up
(resumes) from S3 sleep state. The system resume time is shortened when you
disable the function, but system will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card.
Therefore, if the AGP driver of the card does not support the initialization feature, the
display may work abnormally or not function after resuming form S3. Options: [Auto],
[Yes], [No].
The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no
system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware main-
tains all system context.
The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in
formation of system configuration 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 sys-
tem when a "wake up" event occurs.
BIOS Setup
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