Power management, Advanced power management, Automatic hardware power management features – IBM THINKCENTER 8189 User Manual

Page 121: Power, Management, Automatic, Configuration, Interface, Acpi), Bios

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Power

management

Power

management

reduces

the

power

consumption

of

certain

components

of

the

computer

such

as

the

system

power

supply,

processor,

hard

disk

drives,

and

some

monitors.

Advanced

Power

Management

and

Rapid

Resume

Manager

are

features

of

some

personal

computers.

Automatic

configuration

and

power

interface

(ACPI)

BIOS

Being

an

ACPI

BIOS

system,

the

operating

system

is

allowed

to

control

the

power

management

features

of

the

computer

and

the

setting

for

Advanced

Power

Management

(APM)

BIOS

mode

are

ignored.

Not

all

operating

systems

support

ACPI

BIOS

mode.

Advanced

Power

Management

Energy-saving

settings

can

be

viewed

and

changed

by

using

the

Advanced

Power

Management

menu

in

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program.

Attention:

If

a

device,

such

as

a

monitor,

does

not

have

power-management

capabilities,

it

can

be

damaged

when

exposed

to

a

reduced-power

state.

Before

making

energy-saving

selections

for

the

monitor,

check

the

documentation

supplied

with

the

monitor

to

see

if

it

supports

Display

Power

Management

Signaling

(DPMS).

Automatic

Hardware

Power

Management

features

Automatic

Hardware

Power

Management

can

reduce

the

power

states

of

the

computer,

processor,

and

monitor

(if

the

monitor

supports

DPMS)

if

they

are

inactive

for

a

predetermined

length

of

time.

Set

the

time

for

the

system

to

enter

a

low-power

state.

You

can

define

the

amount

of

energy

savings

by

specifying

values

for

the

following

options.

v

System

Power

Select

On

for

the

computer

to

remain

on.

Select

Off

for

the

computer

to

shut

down.

v

Display

Set

display

to

be

disabled

or

to

be

reduced

at

these

power

states:

Standby:

Screen

is

blank,

but

can

be

restored

immediately

when

any

activity

is

detected.

Suspend:

Monitor

uses

less

power

than

in

Standby

mode.

Screen

image

is

restored

after

a

few

seconds

when

any

activity

is

detected.

Off:

Monitor

power

is

off.

Press

Monitor

power

button

to

restore

power.

On

some

monitors,

you

might

have

to

depress

the

power

button

twice.

Setting

Automatic

Hardware

Power

Management

features

1.

Start

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

(see

Chapter

5,

“IBM

Setup

Utility

program,”

on

page

19).

2.

Select

Power

Management

from

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

menu.

Chapter

8.

Additional

Service

Information

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