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Award BIOS Setup Program
3-5 Power Management Setup
This section provides information on the Green PC power management functions. By
choosing the Power Management Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu
(Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the mainboard
A. ACPI Suspend Type
This feature allows user to select a suspend type for the operating system to turn
off peripherals devices, such as CD-ROM players, when they are not in use.
B. Power Management
Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use
by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram below.
Item Help
Menu Level
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
Figure 3-6 Power Management Setup Screen
:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
ACPI Suspend Type
Power Management Option
HDD Power Down
Suspend Mode
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
MODEM Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
State After Power Failure
IRQ/Event Activity Detect
S1(POS)
User Define
Disabled
Disabled
Suspend -> Off
DPMS Support
3
Instant-off
Off
Press Enter
