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P6LX-ATX M/B Manual Page 19
AWARD BIOS SETUP
AWARD BIOS SETUP
MODEM Use IRQ (3)
You can set IRQs 3, 4, 5, 7 individually through modem. Activity detected from any IRQ channel
will wake up the system.
Doze Mode (Disabled)
This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Doze mode. In this
mode, the CPU clock slows down. The ratio is specified in the “Throttle Duty Cycle”. Any activity
detected returns the system to full power. The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring
the IRQ signals.
Standby Mode (Disabled)
This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Standby mode. In this
mode, CPU clock slows down, hard disk will be shut off and the monitor power-saving feature
activates. Any activity detected returns the system to full power. The system activity (or event) is
detected by monitoring the IRQ signals.
Suspend Mode (Disabled)
This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Suspend mode. The
Suspend mode can be Power On Suspend or Suspend to Hard Drive, selected by “Suspend
Mode Option”.
HDD Power Down (Disabled)
This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down
state. This item is independent from the power states previously described in this section
(Standby and Suspend).
Throttle Duty Cycle (62.5%)
Clock Throttling means at the Doze/Standby state. The CPU clock count in a given time (not the
frequency) is reduced to the ratio specified in the parameter. Actually, the period per CPU clock
remains the same 30ns clock period when system goes into Doze/Suspend. The chipset
generates the STPCLK (stop clock) signal periodically to prevent CPU for accepting clock from
clock generator. For full power on, the CPU can receive 66M count in one second. If the Slow
Clock Ratio is set to 50%, the CPU will only receive 33M clock count in one second. This will
effectively reduce CPU speed as well as CPU power.
VGA Active Monitor (Enabled)
To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for power down state transition.
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN (Instant-Off)11/28/97
The system can be in one of two states, one is suspend mode and the other is the Soft-Off
mode. Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into suspend mode.
When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds, it enters the Soft-Off mode.