Powermanagement
Powermanagementreducesthepowerconsumptionofcertaincomponentsofthecomputersuchasthe
systempowersupply,processor,harddiskdrives,andsomemonitors.
Advancedconfigurationandpowerinterface(ACPI)BIOS
AsthiscomputerhasanACPIBIOSsystem,theoperatingsystemisallowedtocontrolthepower
managementfeaturesofthecomputerandthesettingsforAdvancedPowerManagement(APM)BIOSmode
isignored.NotalloperatingsystemssupportACPIBIOSmode.
AutomaticPower-Onfeatures
TheAutomaticPower-OnfeatureswithinthePowerManagementmenuallowyoutoenableanddisable
featuresthatturnonthecomputerautomatically.
•WakeUponAlarm:Y oucanspecifyadateandtimeatwhichthecomputerwillbeturnedonautomatically.
Thiscanbeeitherasingleevent,adailyeventoraweeklyevent.
•WakeUponLAN:ThisfeatureallowsLANadaptercardtowaketheSystem.
POSTerrorcodes
Eachtimeyouturnthecomputeron,itperformsaseriesofteststocheckthatthesystemisoperating
correctlyandthatcertainoptionsareset.ThisseriesoftestsiscalledthePower-OnSelf-Test,orPOST.
POSTdoesthefollowing:
•Checkssomebasicsystem-boardoperations
•Checksthatthememoryisworkingcorrectly
•Startsvideooperations
•Verifiesthatthebootdriveisworking
POSTErrorMessageDescription/Action
Keyboarderror
Cannotinitializethekeyboard.Makesurethekeyboard
isproperlyconnectedtothecomputerandthatnokeys
areheldpressedduringPOST.Topurposelyconfigure
thecomputerwithoutakeyboard,selectKeyboardless
operationinStartupoptiontoEnabled.TheBIOSthen
ignoresthemissingkeyboardduringPOST.
RebootandSelectproperBootdeviceorInsertBoot
MediainselectedBootdevice
TheBIOSwasunabletofindasuitablebootdevice.Make
surethebootdriveisproperlyconnectedtothecomputer.
Makesureyouhavebootablemediainthebootdevice.
Undeterminedproblems
1.Power-offthecomputer.
2.Removeordisconnectthefollowingcomponents(ifconnectedorinstalled)oneatatime.
a.Externaldevices(modem,printer,ormouse)
b.Extendedvideomemory
c.ExternalCache
d.ExternalCacheRAM
e.Harddiskdrive
f.Diskdrive
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