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 capabilites 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.
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.
Computer Setup (Continued)
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Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.