Power Management Features - MSI 945G Neo2 Series User Manual

MS-7176 ATX Mainboard
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S3-related functions described in this section are available only
when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.
ACPI Aware O/S
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management
Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/
2000/ME/XP, select [Enabled]. Settings: [Enabled] and [Disabled].
Suspend mode
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)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system
[S3(STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information
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Power Management Features

context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all sys-
tem context.
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 system when a "wake up"
event occurs.