Power Management Setup - MSI K7N2GM2-ILSR 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)]
[Auto]
Power Management
This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to the
HDD Power Down item. There are three options for power management:
[Min Saving]
[Max Saving]
[User Define]
The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state,
no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hard-
ware maintains all system context.
The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the
information of system configuration and open appli-
cations/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.
BIOS determines the best mode automatically.
Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode=1 Hour
Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode=1 Min
Allows end users to configure each mode separately.
BIOS Setup
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