Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-19
3.6
Power Management
The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power-management
feature.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default
settings:
Power Management
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Power Management Mode .............. [Enabled ]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer ...... [10] Minute(s)
System Sleep Timer ............... [10] Minute(s)
Sleep Mode ..................... [Suspend]
Power Switch < 4 Sec. ............... [Suspend ]
System Wake-Up Event
Modem Ring Indicator .............. [Disabled]
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3.6.1
Power Management Mode
This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this parameter is
set to
Enabled
, you can configure the IDE hard disk and system timers. Setting it
to
Disabled
deactivates the power-management feature and its timers.
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer
This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after inactivity of 1 to
15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you access the hard disk again,
