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standard of the Video Electronics Standards to
select video power management values.
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PM Monitors:
The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable
when
User Defined
Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections.
HDD Power Down:
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered
down while all other devices remain active.
Doze Mode:
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed
while all other devices still operate at full speed.
Standby Mode:
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed disk drive and the video would
be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed.
Suspend Mode:
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut
off.
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Standby Events:
When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time
for Standby mode.
Primary HDD
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Keyboard
Parallel Port
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External Switch:
This wake-up optional is special for M/B manufacturers’ design.
Power Button:
This item allows you to select the function of power button.
The choice: Disabled, Green Mode, Power Off.
DOCK I/O SMI:
This item allows you to enable or disable the function of DOCK I/O SMI.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
3-4-2 Description of the Green Functions
This motherboard supports HDD Power Down, Doze and standby power saving functions when
Intel Pentium processor CPU is installed. The detail description of these functions are provided
as following:
HDD Standby Mode
When system stop reading or writing HDD, the timer starts to count. The system will cut off the
HDD power when timer ran out of time. The system will not resume operation until either a read
from or a write to HDD command is executed again.
Doze Mode
The system hardware will drop down CPU clock from normal working speed when Doze mode
timeout occurred.
Standby Mode
When the system standby mode timer ran out, it will enter the standby mode and retain CPU at
slow working speed. The screen will be blanked out.
Suspend Mode