AXIOMTEK SBC86831 Series, User Manual

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SBC86831 Series All-In-One Mini ITX Board User’s Manual
Award BIOS Utility 59
[S1(POS)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state,
no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains
all system context.
[S3(STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where
the information of system configuration and open
applications/files is saved to main memory that remains
powered while most other hardware components turn off to save
energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore
the system when a “wake up” event occurs.
z Power Management
This option allows you to select the type of power Management.
The options available are APM, ACPI.
z Video Off Method
This setting determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H
SYNC+Blank
Turns OFF vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and writes blanks to the
video buffer
DPMS
Select this option if your monitor supports the
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
standard of the Video Electronics Standards
Association (VESA). Use the software supplied
for your video subsystem to select video power
management values.
Blank Screen
System only writes blanks to the video buffer.
z Suspend Mode
After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour),
all devices except the CPU shut off. The default value is
“Disabled” .
Disabled System will never enter SUSPEND mode
1/2/4/6/8/10/2
0/30/40
Min/1 Hr
Defines the continuous idle time before the system
entering SUSPEND mode.
If any item defined in (J) is enabled & active,
SUSPEND timer will be reloaded
z HDD Power Down
If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this
field, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other
devices remain active.