Advancedconfigurationandpowerinterface(ACPI)BIOS
BeinganACPIBIOSsystem,theoperatingsystemisallowedtocontrolthepowermanagementfeatures
ofthecomputerandthesettingforAdvancedPowerManagement(APM)BIOSmodeisignored.Not
alloperatingsystemssupportACPIBIOSmode.
AutomaticPower-onfeatures
TheAutomaticPower-OnfeatureswithinthePowerManagementmenuallowyoutoenableanddisable
featuresthatturnonthecomputerautomatically.
•WakeUponAlarm:Youcanspecifyadateandtimeatwhichthecomputerwillbeturnedon
automatically.Thiscanbeeitherasingleeventoradailyevent.
•WakeonLAN:Ifthecomputerhasaproperlyconfiguredtoken-ringorEthernetLANadaptercardthatis
WakeonLAN-enabledandthereisremotenetworkmanagementsoftware,youcanusetheWakeonLAN
feature.WhenyousetWakeonLANtoEnabled,thecomputerwillturnonwhenitreceivesaspecific
signalfromanothercomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN).
ToenabletheWakeonLANfunctionortheWakeUponAlarmfunctionontheWindows8.1operating
system,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound➙PowerOptions.
3.Intheleftpanel,clickChoosewhatthepowerbuttondoes.
4.IntheShutdownsettingsection,clearTurnonfaststartup.
Note:Ifthesettingsareunavailable,clickChangesettingsthatarecurrentlyunavailable.
5.ClickSavechanges.
Settingthecomputervolume
Anaudiocontrollerisbuiltintothecomputersystemboardtosupporttheaudioconnectorsonyour
computer.See“Audiofeatures”onpage9.Yourcomputermightalsohaveahigh-performanceaudiocard.
Theaudiocardenablesyoutoenjoysoundwithmultimediaapplications,recordandplaybacksound,and
workwithspeech-recognitionsoftware.Theconnectorsontheaudiocardvarybyaudiocard.
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthecomputervolumefromthedesktopandControlPanel.
Settingthevolumefromthedesktop
Tosetthecomputervolumefromthedesktop,dothefollowing:
1.Clickthevolumeicononthetaskbar.Youcanlocatethetaskbaratthebottom-rightcornerofthe
desktop.
2.Movetheslideruptoincreaseordowntodecreasethevolume.Clickthemute-speakericontoturnoff
theaudio.
Ifthevolumeiconisnotonthetaskbar,addthevolumeicontothetaskbar.Toaddthevolumeicon,
dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙AppearanceandPersonalization.
2.IntheTaskbarandStartMenusection,clickCustomizeiconsonthetaskbar.
3.ClickTurnsystemiconsonoroffandchangethevolumebehaviorsfromOfftoOn.
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