VIA 693/693A AT MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
4-12
There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode
settings.
Disable (default)
No power management. Disables all four modes
Min. Power Saving
Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr.
Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and
HDD Power Down = 15 min.
Max.
Power
Saving Maximum power management --
ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’S
. Doze Mode = 1
min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1
min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.
User Defined
Allows you to set each mode individually. When
not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to
1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges
from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.
PM Control APM:
(Default setting: “Yes” )
When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance
the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock.
If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to
No
.
Video Off After:
(Default setting: “Standby” )
When enabled, it allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.
N/A
Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.
Suspend
Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode.
Standby
Monitor blanked when the system enters Standby mode.
Doze
Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving
mode.
Video Off Method
: (Default setting: Blank screen )
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
Initial display power management signaling.
