Support the Intel and Microsoft INT 15h Advanced Power
Management BIOS function which creates and interface to allow
the OS to communicate with the SIMM code. If APM is not in
stalled, this option has no effect.
APM(Advanced Power Management) should be installed to
keep the time updated when the computer enters suspend
mode activated by the BIOS Power Management, For DOS
environments, you need to add DEVICE=C:\DOS\
POWER.EXE. For Windows 3.1x and Windows 95, you
need to install Windows using the APM feature.
Video Off Method
Blank - BIOS will only blanks off the screen when disabling
video.
V/H SYNC+Blank
- BIOS will blank off the screen and turn off
V/H SYNC signals to turn off the V-SYNC and H-SYNC signals
from VGA cards to monitor.
If Green monitors detect the V/H-SYNC signals turned off,
it cuts off the electron gun to save power consumption.
b. PM Time Setting
Doze Mode:
If no PM events happened and the Doze timer
expires, system will enter CPU’s Doze mode.
Standby Mode:
If system runs into Doze mode and the
Standby timer expires, system will enter CPU’s Standby
mode (CPU speed = CPUCLK / 3 MHz) from Doze mode.
The CPUCLK (external CPU clock) means system clock
mentioned in the manual.
Suspend Mode:
If there is no any activity continued and the
Suspend is time-out, the system will stop the CPU clock (CPU
speed = 0 MHz).
Within Standby or Suspend, system may also turn off the
video signal and power down the hard disk driver (depend on
“HDD Power Down” setting).
3. BIOS SOFTWARE
3-6 Power Management Setup (Continue…)
HDD Power Down:
When the HDD idle time has elapsed, the
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