Compaq 4000N - Manual (Page 63)

Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Deskpro 4000N and 4000S Personal Computers
First Edition - September1997
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SMI- Generation
The SMI- (System Management Interrupt) is typically used for power management functions.
When power management is enabled, inactivity timers are monitored. When a timer times out,
SMI- is asserted and invokes the microprocessor’s SMI handler. The SMI- handler works with
the APM BIOS to service the SMI- according to the cause of the timeout.
Although the SMI- is primarily used for power managment the interrupt is also employed for the
QuickLock/QuickBlank functions as well.