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4.5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU
The Power Management Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers for system power management functions.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JD1F)
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
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ACPI Function : Enabled ** Reload Global Timer Events **
Power Management
PM Control by APM
Video Off Method
Video off After
MODEM Use IRQ
: Disabled
: Yes
: V/H SYNC + Blank
: Suspend
: 3
IRQ [3-7,9-15], NMI
Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0
Secondary IDE 1
: Enabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
Suspend Mode
HDD Power Down
HDD Down When Suspend
VGA Active Monitor
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Enabled
: Disabled
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel Port
: Disabled
: Enabled
: Disabled
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
Resume by Ring
Wake Up On LAN
IRQ 8 Break Suspend
: Delay 4 sec.
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Disabled
ESC: Quit
↑ ↓ →
←
: Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
F5: Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F7: Load Setup Defaults
Fig. 26
A short description of the screen items follows:
ACPI Function: To enabled feature for supporting the operating system with Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface. (such as Windows 98)
Power Management: Available selection are “Disabled”, “User Define”, “Max Saving” and
“Min Saving”:
“Disabled” will disable all the power saving functions.
“User Define” makes the time period waiting for Suspend Mode to be programmed.
“Max Saving” will set the time period waiting for Suspend Mode to be 1 minute.
“Min Saving” will set the time period waiting for Suspend Mode to be 1 hour.
PM Control by APM: Available options are “Yes” and “No”. To choose “Yes” to let the Power
Management Function to be control by the MS APM software.
Video Off Method: Choose V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS or Blank Screen. This is monitor Power
Saving Method. V/H SYNC+Blank means turn off Vertical, Horizontal scanning and blank the
screen. Blank Screen will blank the display screen. DPMS (Display Power Management System)
can allow the System BIOS control the Display Card to turn off the Display.