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XP1.8k
I think there's been a misunderstanding somewhere.
To select an item from CMOS SETUP UTILITY, you press the keyboard ARROW keys. To change a particular setting, you use the keyboard PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN key. To exit a setting, or to get back to the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu, you press the keyboard ESC key. So to exit s3, you press the keyboard ESC key.
When you press ENTER from WAKE UP EVENTS, you enter an expanded list of several settings such as -
VGA - OFF
LPT & COM - LPT/COM
HDD & FDD - ON
PCI MASTER - OFF
POWERON by keyboard - ENABLED
POWERON/Resume by PCI CARD - DISABLED
POWERON/Resume by LAND/Ring - DISABLED
POWERON/Resume by RTCAlarm - DISABLED
PRIMARY INTR - ON
IRQS Activating Monitoring - PRESS ENTER
To leave these settings, press the keyboard ESC key.
STANDBY will take place after your computer has been idled for the duration of minutes specified in your POWER MANAGEMENT
PROPERTIES box. Mine is set to 20 minutes.
To get into POWER MANAGEMENT, double click MY COMPUTER icon on your desktop. Double click CONTROL PANEL. Double click POWER MANAGEMENT icon. The POWER MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES box appears.
There are 2 taps - POWER SCHEMES and ADVANCED. Adjust the settings if you want to. In POWER SCHEMES section, the setting should be HOME/OFFICE DESK (that's for desktop computers). In SETTINGS FOR HOME/OFFICE DESK POWER SCHEMES section, reset SYSTEM STANDBY if you feel like it. Mine is set to 20 minutes (which means that after 20 minutes of inactivity, my system will take a nap, dozing off until I press the keyboard ENTER key to wake the fella up). In TURN OFF MONITOR, my setting is AFTER 15 MINUTES. It's AFTER 30 MINUTES for TURN OFF HARD DISKS.
When all these settings are done, click APPLY and you're done.
Leave your computer inactive for the number of minutes it takes SYSTEM STANDBY to take effect. When your monitor turns black, press the keyboard ENTER key, and you'll exit STANDBY mode and be back on your desktop again.
Michael Chiew
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