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3-8 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save
energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
Item Help
ACPI Function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Management User Define
Video off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
Video Off In Suspend Yes
Suspend Type Stop Grant
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Suspend Mode Disabled
HDD Power Down Disabled
Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off
Wake-Up by PCI card Disabled
Power On by Ring Disabled
Wake-up by USB KB from S3(S4) Disabled
PS2 KB/MS Wake up by S3-S5 Disabled
Resume by Alarm Disabled
X Date (of Month)Alarm 0
X Time (hh:mm:ss)Alarm 0 : 0 :0
PM Timer Reload Event Press Enter
PCI ExpressPM Function Press Enter
*** PM Timer Reload Events ***
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ACPI Function
This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI). The settings are Enabled and Disabled.
HDD Power Down (Disabled
)
The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time. Options
are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable.
Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
DPMS
(default)
Initial display power management signaling.
Blank Screen
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
V/H SYNC+Blank
This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and
horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
MODEM Use IRQ
If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a
power-saving mode, use this item to specify the interrupt request line (IRQ) that is used by the
modem. You might have to connect the fax/modem to the motherboard Wake On Modem
connector for this feature to work.
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
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.
Power Button Function
Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state.
The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.
