IBM Aptiva 2142 User Manual

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Power Management can:

Put the computer in a Suspend mode to conserve energy when you

have not used the mouse, keyboard, or hard disk for an amount of time
you select.

Automatically Resume the computer when the phone rings so that the

computer can receive a fax or take a message.

Automatically power-on and power-off the computer when using Home

Director.

The following are the Power Management options you can change:

Suspend Timer
Check Keyboard and Mouse Activity
Check Disk Drive 1 and 2 Activity
Check Disk Drive 3 and 4 Activity
Check Diskette Drive Activity
Check Serial Port Activity
Check Parallel Port Activity
Check Modem Activity

APM Connection

Plug and Play: This screen provides information about the Plug and Play
features. The screen includes the Auto Configure Cards option, and a list of
all Plug and Play adapter cards installed in the computer.

Auto Configure Cards is an option that allows you the choice of:

All Plug and Play adapter cards configured by system BIOS
Only Plug and Play adapter cards required to boot the system

configured by system BIOS

If you have a Plug and Play operating system, the computer might function
better if only the Plug and Play adapter cards required to boot the system
are configured by system BIOS. If you choose to have only the adapter
cards required to boot the system configured by system BIOS, use the
operating system’s Plug and Play utilities to configure the other Plug and
Play cards.

Plug and Play Adapter Cards is the option that lists all the Plug and Play
cards you have installed in the system unit.

Note: Only the newest operating systems support Plug and Play adapter
cards. See the documentation supplied with the operating system to
determine if it supports Plug and Play adapter cards.

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