CHAPTER 4
AMI
®
BIOS USERS GUIDE
Standby Timeout (Minute)
This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity
while in Full power on state. When this length of time expires, the computer
enters Standby power state. The settings are Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4
min, 5 min, 6 min, 7 min, 8 min, 9 min, 10 min, 11 min, 12 min, 13 min, 14 min or
15 min. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled.
Suspend Timeout (Minute)
This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity
while in Standby state. When this length of time expires, the computer
enters Suspend power state. The settings are Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4
min, 5 min, 6 min, 7 min, 8 min, 9 min, 10 min, 11 min, 12 min, 13 min, 14 min or
15 min. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled.
Slow Clock Ratio
This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in
power saving states. The settings are expressed as a ratio between the
normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in
the power-conserving state. The settings are 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16, 1:32, 1:64
or 1:128. The Optimal and Fail-Safe defaults are 1:8.
Display Activity/Serial port 1/Serial port 2/Parallel port/Floppy
disk/Primary IDE 0/Primary IDE 1/Secondary IDE 0/
Secondary IDE 1
When set to Monitor, these options enable event monitoring on the
specified hardware interrupt request line. If set to Monitor and the computer
is in a power saving state, AMI
®
BIOS watches for activity on the specified
IRQ line. The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs.
AMI
®
BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if
activity occurs on the specified IRQ line.
The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore. The
Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled for all the above options
except IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ7, IRQ12, IRQ14 or IRQ15. The Optimal default
settings for these options is Monitor.
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