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3-4-1 The Description of the Power Management
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Power Management mode selection:
User
Define
:
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power
saving and is directly related to the following modes:
1.
HDD Power Down
2. Doze Mode
3. Standby Mode
4. Suspend Mode
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:
When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max.
Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power Management (APM) is
installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings.
If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to
No
.
MODEM Use IRQ:
This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choices: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.
Video Off Option:
When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.
Always On
Monitor will remain on during power saving
modes.
Suspend --> Off
Monitor blanked when the systems enters the
Suspend mode.
Susp,Stby --> Off
Monitor blanked when the system enters either
Suspend or Standby modes.
All Modes --> Off
Monitor blanked when the system enters any
power saving mode.
Video Off Method:
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
Select this option if your monitor supports the
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
