American Megatrends Atlas PCI-II, User Manual

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Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 57
Power Management Setup,
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Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power
management state in which the hard disk drive will
be powered down. The settings are:
Setting Description
Disabled The hard disk drive does not power down when the
computer enters a power saving mode.
Standby The hard disk drive will power down when the
computer enters Standby mode.
Suspend The hard disk drive will power down when the
computer enters Suspend mode.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are
Disabled.
Hard Disk Timeout (Min) This option specifies the length of a period
of hard disk inactivity. When this period expires, the
hard disk drive enters the power-conserving mode
specified in the
Hard Disk Power Down Mode
option described on the previous page. The
settings are
Disabled, 1 Min (minutes), and all one
minute intervals up to and including 15 Min . The
default settings are Disabled.
Standby to Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of the
period of system inactivity when the computer is
already in Standby mode before the computer is
placed in Suspend mode. In Suspend mode, nearly
all power use is curtailed. The settings are
Disabled,
1 Min, 2 Min, and all one-minute intervals up to and
including 15 Min . The default settings are Disabled.
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