Method and apparatus for preventing inadvertent power management time-outs

摘要

An inadvertent invocation of power management is avoided by having an application program set a storage location to a predetermined value. The application program then calls a BIOS software interrupt from the application program. The BIOS software interrupt routine determines if the storage location contains the predetermined value and if so, resets the power management timers, thus preventing power management from being inadvertently invoked.