Patent ID: 7089433

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: plural processing components interfaced to handle information; an operating system operable to coordinate operation of the plural processing components and having a power down state for reducing energy consumption; a quiescent state function module associated with the operating system and operable to perform functions on the information handling system with the operating system in a quiescent state; a quiescent state module associated with one or more of the plural processing components and operable to selectively intercept a power down call from the operating system to the processing components to enter the power down state, the quiescent state module further operable to call the quiescent state function; and a quiescent state utility associated with the operating system and operable to configure the quiescent state module to intercept a power down call, to configure the quiescent state module to call the quiescent state function upon intercept of the power down call, and to initiate entry of the operating system to the power down state.