Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z - Power Management; Automatic Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS; Automatic Power-On Features

3.ThecomputerwillautomaticallybeginrecoveringtheBIOS.Duringthistime,youwillseeascreen
indicatingthatFlashrecoveryhasstarted.Aftertheupdatesessioncompletes,thecomputer
automaticallyreboots.
4.RemovetheBIOSashdiskettefromthediskettedrive.
Powermanagement
Powermanagementreducesthepowerconsumptionofcertaincomponentsofthecomputersuchasthe
systempowersupply,processor,harddiskdrives,andsomemonitors.
Automaticcongurationandpowerinterface(ACPI)BIOS
BeinganACPIBIOSsystem,theoperatingsystemisallowedtocontrolthepowermanagementfeatures
ofthecomputerandthesettingforAdvancedPowerManagement(APM)BIOSmodeisignored.Not
alloperatingsystemssupportACPIBIOSmode.
AutomaticPower-Onfeatures
TheAutomaticPower-OnfeatureswithinthePowerManagementmenuallowyoutoenableanddisable
featuresthatturnonthecomputerautomatically.
•SerialPortARingDetect:WiththisfeaturesettoEnabledandanexternalmodemconnectedtoserial
port(COM1),thecomputerwillturnonautomaticallywhenaringisdetectedonthemodem.
•PCIModemRingDetect:WiththisfeaturesettoEnabled,thecomputerwillturnonautomatically
whenaringisdetectedontheinternalmodem.
•PCIWakeUp:ThisfeatureallowsPCIcardsthatsupportthiscapabilitytowakethesystem.
•WakeUponAlarm:Youcanspecifyadateandtimeatwhichthecomputerwillbeturnedon
automatically.Thiscanbeeitherasingleeventoradailyevent.
•WakeonLAN:Ifthecomputerhasaproperlyconguredtoken-ringorEthernetLANadaptercardthatis
WakeonLAN-enabledandthereisremotenetworkmanagementsoftware,youcanusetheWakeonLAN
feature.WhenyousetWakeonLANtoEnabled,thecomputerwillturnonwhenitreceivesaspecic
signalfromanothercomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN).
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