Power Management/APM 4-23
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Suspend Time-out (Minute)
This option is the same as the
Standby Time-out
function. These two features
are enabled to monitor the power of sub-items
Display Activity
,
Serial Port
,
Parallel Port
,
Floppy
,
Pri-HDD
, and
Sec-HDD
independently. It is also used to
control CPU throttle running function. All of the sub-items will be ineffective in
disabling
Standby Time-out
or
Suspend Time-out
even if they can be chosen by
the user in the BIOS setup menu.
Throttle Slow Clock Ratio
This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in power saving
modes. The settings are expressed as a duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal. This
duty cycle indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK# signal is asserted while
in the throttle mode.
Display Activity
This option specifies whether the BIOS will monitor activity on the display monitor
for power conservation purposes. If set to
Monitor
and the computer is in a power
saving state, BIOS watches for video display activity. The computer enters the full-
on power state if any activity occurs. BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend
timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ lines. If set to
Ignore
, video
display monitor activity is not monitored.
Device 6/7/8/5/0/1/2/3
(Serial 1&2, Parallel, FDD, Pri/Sec HDD)
When set to
Monitor
, these options enable event monitoring on the specified
hardware device. If set to
Monitor
and the computer is in a power saving state,
BIOS watches for activity on the device with specified IRQ line. The computer
enters the full-on power state if any activity occurs. BIOS reloads the Standby and
Suspend time-out timers if activity occurs on the specified device. No monitoring
activity occurs if the option is set to
Ignore
. The settings for each of these options
are
Monitor
or
Ignore
.