AWARD BIOS SETUP
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There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode setting.
Disable (Default)
No power management. Disables all four modes.
Min. Power Saving
Minimum power management. Doze Mode=1hr. Standby
Mode =1hr., Suspend Mode=1hr., and HDD Power
Down=15min.
Max. Power Saving
Maximum power management. –Only available for SL CPU’s.
Doze Mode=1min., Standby Mode=1min., Suspend
Mode=1min., and HDD Power Down=1min.
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 disabled.
Video Off Option :
This option is for choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off.
The default setting is “Suspend”.
N/A
Always turn on.
Doze
During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off.
Standby
During Standby mode, the monitor will be turned off.
Suspend
During Suspend mode, the monitor will be turned off.
Video Off Method :
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The
default setting is “V/H SYNC+Blank”.
V/H SYNC+Blank
This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and
horizontal synchronization ports and write blank to the video
buffer.
Blank Screen
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS
Initial display power management signaling.
Suspend Mode :
Option are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Disable”. The CPU clock will be
stopped and the video signal will be suspended, if no Power Management events occur
for a specified length of time. Full power function will return when a Wake-Up event is
detected.
HDD Power Down:
Options are from “1 Min”. to “15 Min”. and “Disable”. The IDE hard
drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time.
