Power management, Automatic power-on features, Power – Lenovo THINKCENTRE 8177 User Manual
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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.
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
is
ignored.
Not
all
operating
systems
support
ACPI
BIOS
mode.
Automatic
Power-On
features
The
Automatic
Power-On
features
within
the
Power
Management
menu
allow
you
to
enable
and
disable
features
that
turn
on
the
computer
automatically.
v
Serial
Port
A
Ring
Detect
:
With
this
feature
set
to
Enabled
and
an
external
modem
connected
to
serial
port
(COM1),
the
computer
will
turn
on
automatically
when
a
ring
is
detected
on
the
modem.
v
PCI
Modem
Ring
Detect
:
With
this
feature
set
to
Enabled
,
the
computer
will
turn
on
automatically
when
a
ring
is
detected
on
the
internal
modem.
v
PCI
Wake
Up:
This
feature
allows
PCI
cards
that
support
this
capability
to
wake
the
system.
v
Wake
Up
on
Alarm
:
You
can
specify
a
date
and
time
at
which
the
computer
will
be
turned
on
automatically.
This
can
be
either
a
single
event
or
a
daily
event.
v
Wake
on
LAN
:
If
the
computer
has
a
properly
configured
token-ring
or
Ethernet
LAN
adapter
card
that
is
Wake
on
LAN-enabled
and
there
is
remote
network
management
software,
you
can
use
the
Wake
on
LAN
feature.
When
you
set
Wake
on
LAN
to
Enabled
,
the
computer
will
turn
on
when
it
receives
a
specific
signal
from
another
computer
on
the
local
area
network
(LAN).
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