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This option lets you control system power management. The system has vari-
ous power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off
the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the sys-
tem to be automatically resumed by certain events.
The power-saving modes can be controlled by timeouts. If the system is inac-
tive for a time, the timeouts begin counting. If the inactivity continues so that
the timeout period elapses, the system enters a power-saving mode. If any
item in the list of Reload Global Timer Events is set to Enabled, then any ac-
tivity on that item will reset the timeout counters to zero.
If the system is suspended or has been powered down by software, it can be
resumed by a wake up call that is generated by incoming traffic to a modem, a
LAN card, a PCI card, or a fixed alarm on the system realtime clock.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
Item Help
ACPI Function
[Enabled ]
Power Management
[User Define]
Video Off Method
[DPMS]
Video Off In Suspend
[Yes]
Suspend Type
[Stop Grant]
MODEM Use IRQ
[3]
Suspend Mode
Disabled
HDD Power Down
Disabled
HDD Off When Suspend
[Disabled]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
[Instant-Off]
Wake-Up by PCI card
[Enabled]
Power On by Ring
[Disabled]
Resume by Alarm
[Disabled]
x Date (of Month) Alarm
0
x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm
0 0
0
** Reload Global Timer Events **
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F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
F7:Optimized Defaults
ACPI Function (Enabled)
This mainboard supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power man-
agement Interface). Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature.
Note:
ACPI is a power management specification that makes hardware status
information available to the operating system. ACPI enables a PC to turn
its p eripherals on and off for improved power management. It also allows
the PC to be turned on and off by external devices, so that mouse or
keyboard activity wakes up the computer.
Power Management (User Define)
This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk
timeouts. If this item is set to Max Saving, power-saving modes occur after a
short timeout. If this item is set to Min Saving, power-saving modes occur after
a longer timeout. If the item is set to User Define, you can insert your own
timeouts for the power-saving modes.
