Chapter 3
Green PC Monitor
Power
Use this item to determine which power-saving
mode is required to power down a green PC-
compliant monitor. You can force the monitor to
power down in
Stand By
or
Suspend
modes, or
you can disable the powerdown.
Video Power Down
Mode
Use this item to determine which power-saving
mode is required to power down the graphics
sub-system. You can force the graphics to
power down in
Stand By
or
Suspend
modes, or
you can disable the powerdown.
Hard Disk Power
Down Mode
Use this item to determine which power-saving
mode is required to power down the hard disk
drive(s). You can force the hard disk to power
down in
Stand By
or
Suspend
modes, or you
can disable the powerdown.
Standby Time Out
(Minute)
This sets the timeout for standby mode in
minutes. If the time selected passes without any
system activity, the computer will enter the
power-saving standby mode.
Suspend Time Out
(Minute)
This sets the timeout for suspend mode in
minutes. If the time selected passes without any
system activity, the computer will enter the
power-saving suspend mode.
Slow Clock Ratio
Use this item to determine what percentage of
time the system will halt the processor clock in
power-saving mode.
Ring Active
If this item is enabled, an incoming call to the
built-in fax/modem can resume the system from
a power-saving mode or a software
powerdown.
IRQ3-IRQ55
This item determines the effect of activity on the
interrupt request lines. Set it to
Ignore
, and it
has no effect. Set it to
Monitor
, and it resets the
timeout counters. Set it to
WakeUp
and it
resumes the system from a power-saving
mode. Set it to
Both
and it resets the timeouts
and resumes the system.
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