Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide

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Computer Setup (F10) Utility
Power OS Power Management • Runtime Power Management—
Enable/Disable. Allows certain operating
systems to reduce processor voltage and
frequency when the current software load
does not require the full capabilities of the
processor.
• Idle Power Savings—Extended/Normal.
Allows certain operating systems to
decrease the processors power
consumption when the processor is idle.
• ACPI S3 Support—Enables or disables
ACPI S3 support.
• ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset—Enabling this
causes the BIOS to ensure hard disks are
ready to accept commands after resuming
from S3 before returning control to the
operating system.
• ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup—Enables or
disables waking from S3 due to PS2
mouse activity.
• USB Wake on Device Insertion (some
models)—Allows system to wake from
Standby on USB device insertion.
Hardware Power
Management
SATA power management enables or disables
SATA bus and/or device power management.
Thermal • Fan idle mode—This bar graph controls
the minimum permitted fan speed.
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This setting only changes the minimum fan
speed. The fans are still automatically
controlled.
Computer Setup (Continued)
Heading Option Description
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Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.