Setup Utility
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2.6
Power Management
The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system
power-management feature.
The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and
their default settings:
Power Management
Power Management Mode................. [Enabled]
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer......... [Off]
System Sleep Timer.................. [Off]
Sleep Mode........................ [----]
Power Switch < 4 sec. ................ [Suspend]
System Wake-up Event
Modem Ring Indicator................ [Disabled]
2.6.1
Power Management Mode
This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. When this
parameter is set to
Enabled
, you can configure the IDE hard disk and
system
timers.
Setting
it
to
Disabled
deactivates
the
power-management feature and its timers.
IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer
This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after
inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your setting. When you
access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 seconds (depending on the
hard disk) for the disk to return to normal speed. Set this parameter to
OFF
if your hard disk does not support this function.
