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Table 4.1.3 Power Menu Selections
Feature
Options
Description
Power
Management
Mode
Disable
Min Saving
User Define
Max Saving
‘Max’ and ‘Min’ set power-management options
with pre-defined values. Select ‘User Define’ to
make your own selections from the following
fields. Disabled turns off all power
management.
PM Control by
APM
Yes
No
When ‘Yes’ is selected the Power
Management features are controlled by an
advanced operating system such as
Windows95
. When ‘No’ is selected, the BIOS
will control power management.
Video Off
Method
Blank Screen V/H
SYNC+Blank
DPMS
When ‘Blank Screen’ is selected, the system
will only blank the screen when going into
power saving mode. When ‘V/H Sync+Blank’
is selected, the system will also turn off the V-
SYNC and H-SYNC signals. ‘DPMS’ mode can
only be used by video card that adhere to the
DPMS Standard.
Modem Use
IRQ
NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9,
10, 11
Enter the Interrupt that is used by the modem,
if one is installed. Select ‘NA’ if no modem is
installed
Doze Mode
Standby Mode
Suspend Mode
Disable
1 min
2 min
4 min
6 min
8 min
10 min
20 min
30 min
40 min
1 Hour
Time of inactivity required to enter the next
consecutive power saving mode. These
selections are only available when the above
Power Management feature is set to ‘User
Define’
HDD Power
Down
Disable
1 - 15 Min
Time without any disk access, before the hard
drive goes into standby mode (i.e. motor turns
off).
Wake Up events
in Doze and
Standby
IRQ 3, 4, 8, 12
OFF
ON
When the system is in Doze or Standby mode,
accessing the enabled IRQ turns the system
back to full power mode.
Power Down
and Resume
Events
IRQ 3 - 15
OFF
ON
Any activity on the enabled IRQ will reset the
Power Management Timers to 0. If the system
is in Power Saving Mode, accessing the
enabled IRQ turns the system back to full
power
Load BIOS Defaults
This feature allows the CMOS Settings to be reset to the original default values. The
values in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu, such as date, time and disk drive
parameters are unaffected.
