Power Management - Abit SL6 User Manual

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To transition into the S1 state, the operating software does not have to flush the processor's
cache.
The S3 (STR) State (STR means Suspend to RAM):
The S3 state is logically lower then the S2 state and is assumed to conserve more power. The
behavior of this state is defined as follows:
! Processor is not executing instructions. The processor complex context is not maintained.
! Dynamic RAM context is maintained.
! Power Resources are in a state compatible with the system S3 state. All Power Resources
that supply a System Level reference of S0, S1, or S2 are in the OFF state.
! Devices states are compatible with the current Power Resource states. Only devices
which solely reference Power Resources which are in the ON state for a given device state
can be in that device state. In all other cases, the device is in the D3 (off) state.
! Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current device
state can initiate a hardware event which transitions the system state to S0. This transition
causes the processor to begin execution at its boot location. The BIOS performs
initialization of core functions as required to exit an S3 state and passes control to the
firmware resume vector. Please see the ACPI Specification Rev. 1.0 book section 9.3.2
for more details on BIOS initialization.
From the software point of view, this state is functionally the same as the S2 state. The
operational difference can be that some Power Resources that could be left ON in the S2
state might not be available to the S3 state. As such, additional devices can be required to be
in logically lower D0, D1, D2, or D3 state for S3 than S2. Similarly, some device wake
events can function in S2 but not S3.
Because the processor context can be lost while in the S3 state, the transition to the S3 state
requires that the operating software flush all dirty cache to DRAM.
. . . . Above information for system S0 & S3 were refer to ACPI Specification Rev. 1.0.

Power Management:

This item allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to
the following modes:
1. Suspend Mode
2. HDD Power Down
There are three options for power management, three of which have fixed mode settings:
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