Acer 486 User Manual page 20

Set the Suspend Mode timer to a value from 2 to 120 minutes, or
activate the Suspend/Resume button.
LED light on the front panel blinks at a rate slower than when the
system is in the Standby mode.
button produces two beeps as the system enters the suspend mode.
Any keyboard/mouse or I/O action resumes full power.
Power-Management Modes
Table 1-7 Power-Management Modes
Monitor
Power-
Saving Mode
Monitor Mode Suspend
IDE HDD No effect
Status
CPU/System Normal
Status
Device idle
Entry Mode
timer time-out
(1 - 15 min)
Device
Resume Mode
activated
3 - 5 sec
Resume
Recovery
Time
Application Condition
You must disable the Suspend mode for LAN workstations. Since the
CPU is stopped in Suspend mode, this prevents the workstation from
responding to LAN requests.
disconnected from the network.
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In Suspend mode, the turbo
Activating the Suspend/Resume
IDE Fixed System
Disk Standby Standby
Mode Mode
No effect Off
Standby Standby
mode mode
Spindle Spindle
motor off motor off
Normal Normal
Device idle System
timer time-out standby timer
(1 - 15 min) time-out
(2 - 120 min)
Any fixed disk Any system
access event
3 - 5 sec 7 - 10 sec
Thus, the system is considered
System
Suspend
Mode
On
Standby
mode
Spindle
motor off
CPU clock
stopped
System
Suspend
timer time-out
(2 - 120 min)
or Suspend
button
pushed
Keyboard/
mouse or
Resume
button
pushed
7 - 10 sec
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