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ACPI Standby State: S1/POS, S3/STR
This item allows you to select power Management ACPI mode.
Power Management/APM: Disable, Max Saving, Min Saving,
or User Defined >
Max Saving puts the system into power
saving mode after a brief inactivity period. Min Saving is almost
the same as Max Saving except that the inactivity period is
longer. User Defined allows you to set power saving options
according to your requirement.
Note: Advanced Power Management (APM
) has to be
installed to keep the system time updated when the computer
enters suspend mode activated by the Power Management.
Under DOS environment, you need to add
DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS
Under Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you have to install
Windows with APM feature. A battery and power cord icon
labeled “Power” will appear in the “Control Panel”
Power Management/APM >
to enable or disable the Advanced
Power Management feature.
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Video Power Down Mode >
to specify the power state of the
VESA VGA video subsystem after the specified period of
display-idle has ended.
Hard Disk Power Down Mode >
to specify the power state of
the hard disk after the specified period of hard drive-idle has
ended.
Standby Time Out (Minute) >
to specify the length of the
system-idle period while the system is in full power on state.
After this period of time has ended, the system will go into
Standby state.
Suspend Time Out (Minute) >
to specify the length of the
system-idle period while the system is in Standby state. After this
period of time has ended, the system will go into Suspend state.
Throttle Slow Clock Ratio >
to specify the speed of system
clock under power saving state. The figure is a ratio between
power conserving and normal state CPU clock.
Modem Use IO Port >
to assign a port for modem.
Modem Use IRQ >
to assign an IRQ for modem
Display Activity >
to specify if BIOS has to monitor display
activity or not.
Device X >
to monitor specified device IRQ or Ignore.
Power Button Function >
to specify how the powers button on
the chassis is operated.
4.6 Peripheral
Setup
These setup mainly works for Multi-I/O Chip (W83977TF).
These options are used to change the Chipset‘s registers.
Please carefully change any default setting to meet your
application need perfectly. The only special concern is Onboard
Serial Port B. if you are using the IrDA port; you have to set this
port accordingly.
