Chapter 3
3-5 Power Management Setup
This section provides information on the Green PC power management functions.
By choosing the Power Management Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility
menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below displays the manufacturer's default values for
the motherboard.
Figure 3-5 Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type:
This feature allows user to select a suspend type for the operating system to turn off
unused peripherals devices, such as CD-ROM players.
Power Management:
Power management saves electricity while the system is idle by entering
power-saving modes.
Video Off Method:
This function serves as both screen and power saver for monitors. See the next
function, Video Off After, for setting the video timer.
1.
Blank
- BIOS will switch the monitor screen to blank. The electricity saved in this
mode is negligible and this function is only used as a screen saver to prevent
screen damage while the screen is idle.
2.
V/H SYNC+Blank
- The system turns off the vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports, writes blanks to the VGA buffer and the monitor's
electron gun turns off. This function requires a monitor with Green features in
order to take advantage of the power saving function. If you enable this function
and do not have a Green monitor, the result will be the same as if you had
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