C# Signature:

   [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError=true)]
   private static extern int SetDevicePower(
   string pvDevice,
   int dwDeviceFlags,
   DevicePowerState DeviceState);

VB Signature:

    <DllImport("coredll")> _
    Private Shared Function SetDevicePower(ByVal pvDevice As String, ByVal dwDeviceFlags As Integer, ByVal DeviceState As DevicePowerState) As Integer
    End Function

User-Defined Types:

public enum DevicePowerState : int

{

Unspecified = -1,

D0 = 0, // Full On: full power, full functionality

D1, // Low Power On: fully functional at low power/performance

D2, // Standby: partially powered with automatic wake

D3, // Sleep: partially powered with device initiated wake

D4, // Off: unpowered

}

private const int POWER_NAME = 0x00000001;

Notes:

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Sample Code:

SetDevicePower("BKL1:", POWER_NAME, DevicePowerState.D4);

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