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BIOS Setup
Power Management Features
ACPI Standby State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000,
you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through
the setting of this field. Options are:
S1/POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system
context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all sys-
tem context.
S3/STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information
of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to
main memory that remains powered while most other hardware
components turn off to save energy. The information stored in
memory will be used to restore the system when a “wake up”
event occurs.
Auto BIOS determines the best automatically.
Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming
Selecting Enabled allows BIOS to call VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when
system wakes up (resumes) from S3 sleep state. The system resume time is shortened
when you disable the function, but system will need an AGP driver to initialize the
VGA card. Therefore, if the AGP driver of the card does not support the initialization
feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after resuming from S3.
MSI Reminds You...
S3-related functions described in this section are available only
when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.
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