Power Management - EUROCOM 5100-S DeskNote Lite User Manual

Chapter 5: BIOS Utilities

Power Management

You can manage power consumption while maintaining system
performance by setting your computer to one of the available
power management modes. Information on the various types of
power management are listed below. If you want information on
how to set the power management options please refer to the
Power Menu in this chapter.
Advanced Power Management (APM 1.2)
To reduce power consumption, the system provides built-in
Advanced Power Management (APM 1.2). The APM function
varies depending on your operating system (OS). Some operating
systems, such as Windows NT do not support APM.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
ACPI enables a computer to turn its peripherals on and off for
improved power management. It also allows the PC to be turned
on and off by external devices, so that the pressing a trackpad
button or the keyboard will "wake up" the machine.
Disk Standby
The computer's hard disk drive motor will be turned off if the
hard drive has not been accessed for a specified period of time. If
the system reads or writes data the hard disk motor will be
turned back on.
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