Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
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4.1.5 Power management setup
The power management setup controls the CPU cards’ “green”
features. The following screen shows the manufacturer’s default.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIAKB)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Figure 4-5: Power management setup screen
Power Management
This option allows you to determine if the values in power manage-
ment are disabled, user-defined, or predefined.
HDD Power Management
You can choose to turn the HDD off after a one of the time interval
listed, or when the system is in Suspend mode. If in a power saving
mode, any access to the HDD will wake it up.
Note:
HDD will not power down if the Power Management
option is disabled.
IRQ Activity
IRQ can be set independently. Activity on any enabled IRQ will wake
up the system.
Power Management
: Disable
VGA Activity
: Disable
PM Control by APM
: Yes
IRQ3 (COM2)
: Enable
Video Off Option
: Susp,Stby
→
Off
IRQ4 (COM1)
: Enable
Video Off Meathod
: V/H SYNC+Blank
IRQ5 (LPT2)
: Enable
Switch Function
: Break/Wake
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk)
: Enable
Doze Speed (div by)
: 2
IRQ7 (LPT1)
: Enable
Stdby Speed (div by)
: 3
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm)
: Disable
Modem Use IRQ
: 3
IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)
: Enable
Hot Key Power Off
: Disabled
IRQ10 (Reserved)
: Enable
**PM Timers**
IRQ11 (Reserved)
: Enable
HDD Off After
: Disable
IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse)
: Enable
Doze Mode
: Disable
IRQ13 (Coprocessor)
: Enable
Standby Mode
: Disable
IRQ14 (Hard Disk)
: Enable
Suspend Mode
: Disable
IRQ15 (Reserved)
: Enable
**PM Events**
COM Ports Activity
: Enable
LPT Ports Activity
: Enable
Esc : Quit
↑↓→←
: Select Item
HDD Ports Activity
: Enable
F1 : Help
PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values <Shift>F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults