Lenovo ThinkCentre E73z - Power Management; Automatic Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS; Automatic Power-On Features

Powermanagement
Powermanagementreducesthepowerconsumptionofcertaincomponentsofthecomputersuchasthe
systempowersupply,processor,harddiskdrives,andsomemonitors.
Automaticcongurationandpowerinterface(ACPI)BIOS
BeinganACPIBIOSsystem,theoperatingsystemisallowedtocontrolthepowermanagementfeatures
ofthecomputerandthesettingforAdvancedPowerManagement(APM)BIOSmodeisignored.Not
alloperatingsystemssupportACPIBIOSmode.
AutomaticPower-onfeatures
TheAutomaticPower-OnfeatureswithinthePowerManagementmenuallowyoutoenableanddisable
featuresthatturnonthecomputerautomatically.
•WakeUponAlarm:Youcanspecifyadateandtimeatwhichthecomputerwillbeturnedon
automatically.Thiscanbeeitherasingleeventoradailyevent.
•WakeonLAN:Ifthecomputerhasaproperlyconguredtoken-ringorEthernetLANadaptercardthatis
WakeonLAN-enabledandthereisremotenetworkmanagementsoftware,youcanusetheWakeonLAN
feature.WhenyousetWakeonLANtoEnabled,thecomputerwillturnonwhenitreceivesaspecic
signalfromanothercomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN).
ToenabletheWakeonLANfunctionortheWakeUponAlarmfunctionontheWindows8orWindows
8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound➙PowerOptions.
3.Intheleftpanel,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows8:ClickChoosewhatthepowerbuttonsdo.
•ForWindows8.1:ClickChoosewhatthepowerbuttondoes.
4.IntheShutdownsettingsection,clearTurnonfaststartup.
Note:Ifthesettingsareunavailable,clickChangesettingsthatarecurrentlyunavailable.
5.ClickSavechanges.
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