MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
User’s Manual
User’s Manual
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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, writing blanks to the video
buffer.
Blank Screen
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS
Initial display power management signaling.
Video Off After -
This is to determine when to activate the video off function. Options are:
“Standby”, “Doze” (default), “Suspend” and “N/A”.
MODEM Use IRQ -
This
item tells the Power Management BIOS which IRQ is assigned
to the installed MODEM. Options are NA, 3 (default), 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11.
PM Timers
-
The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are
only user configurable when
User Defined
Power Management has been selected. See
below for available selections.
Doze Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU
clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate
at full speed.
Standby Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed
disk drive and the video will be shut off while all other devices
still operate at full speed.
Suspend Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all
devices except the CPU will be shut off.
HDD Power
Down
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard
disk drive will spin down while all other devices remain active.
Throttle Duty Cycle
-
This item determines the duty cycle for the clock control thermal
throttling mode. The duty cycle indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK# signal is
asserted..
VGA Active Monitor
-
When enabled, the video detect logic will generate a timer reload
event for device monitor 11.
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
- With
Instant-Off
selected, the ATX switch functions like a
normal system power off button. With
Delay 4 Sec.
selected, you must hold down the ATX
switch for more than 4 seconds to power off the system.
PWRON After PWR-Fail
– This feature will power-on the PC when power returns after a
power failure. The table on the next page lists the options available and the corresponding
“System State” when power returns.
