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Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
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.
Blank Screen
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS
Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS
feature.
MODEM Use IRQ
This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
When Enabled, turning the system off with the on/off button places the system in a very
low-power-usage state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power
button activity or Resume by Ring activity.
The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant Off.
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, Suspend Mode
These items set the period of time after which each of these mode activate, the periods
are from 10sec to 1 hour.
Doze Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, CPU clock will
run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
Suspend Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices
except CPU will be shut off.
** PM Events **
PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a
power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system
remains alert for anything occurs to a device which is configured as
On
, even when the
system is a power down mode.
VGA
When set to
On
(default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system
which has been powered down.
LPT & COM
When set to
LPT/COM
(default), any event occurring at a COM (Serial)/LPT port will
awaken a system which has been powered down.
HDD & FDD
When set to
On
(default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken
a system which has been powered down.
