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Using BIOS
Soft-Off by PBTN (Instant-Off)
Under ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface) you can create a
software power down. In a software power down, the system can be resumed by Wake Up
Alarms. This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power
button on your system. If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes a
software power down. If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec. then you have
to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power down.
Resume By PCI PME (Enabled)
This item allows users to enable or disable PCI activity to wake up the system from a
power saving mode.
Resume By Ring (Disabled)
This item allows users to enable or disable LAN or modem activity to wake up the system
from a power saving mode.
Power-On by Alarm (Disabled)
This item allows users to enable or disable the alarm to wake up the system. If set to
Enabled, users can specify the specific day of month and the exact time to power up the
system.
Resume By PS2 M2 (S3) (Disabled)/Resume By PS2 KB (S3) (Disabled)
These items allows the activity of the mouse and keyboard devices to wake up the system
from sleeping.
Hot Key Power ON (Ctrl-F1)
Use this item to allocate the hot key to wake up the system.
Power on After Power fail (Off)
This item enables your computer to automatically restart or reture to its operating status.
PNP/PCI Configurations
These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in
your system. Both the the ISA and PCI buses on the motherboard use system IRQs
(Interrup ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and
DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the
motherboard to work properly. Selecting PnP/PCI Configurations on the main program
screen displays this menu:
Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP/PCI Configurations
Init Display First [PCI Slot]
Reset Configuration Data
[Disabled]
Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)]
IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Assign IRQ For USB [Enabled]
** PCI Express relative items**
Maximum Payload Size
[4096]
Item Help
f Menu Level
X
mnlk
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help