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4. BIOS SETUP

Chipset Features

4. BIOS SETUP

Power Management

4.4.3 Power Management Setup

ACPI Aware O/S [Yes]

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specifies how software and

hardware components talk to each other about power consumption. Its integrates

various power management tools such as BIOS code, Advanced Power Manage-

ment and PNPBIOS Application Porgramming Interfaces into the OS to achieve

operating system directed power management. If you are using an ACPI-compatible

system, select [Yes] to take advantage of the ACPI features.

Power Management/APM [Enabled]

Advanced Power Management (APM) is an application program interface that in-

cludes power management in the BIOS. Leave on the Setup default [Enabled].

NOTE: To access the following 18 BIOS power management features, you must

set this field to [Enabled].

Green PC Monitor Power State [Stand by] (*APM feature)

This field sets the state of the green monitor in use when the system enters power-

saving mode. Available options: [Stand By] [Suspend] [Off]

Video Power Down Mode [Stand By] (*APM feature)

This field determines when to power down the monitor for monitor power

management. The monitor automatically wakes up when any specified system ac-

tivity is detected. Available options: [Disabled] [Stand By] [Suspend]

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Asus Motherboard K7M User Manual Page 61