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Disabled.
Power Saving Type
There are several types of sleeping states within the general, global
sleep state. This option allows you to choose how “asleep” you want
your system to be. In deeper sleep modes, more energy is saved.
However, upon waking up, the system must “reorient” itself, and
reestablish control over the system’s sleeping components. The settings
are POS, Sleep, Stop Clock, and Deep Sleep. POS is the lightest sleep
mode; Deep Sleep is the heaviest. The Optimal and Fail-safe default
settings are POS.
Standby/Suspend Timer Unit
This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend
time out periods. The settings are 4 msec, 4 sec, 32 sec, or 4 min.
Standby Time Out
This option defines the length of time that the system, while in Full On
state, must be inactive before it enters Standby mode. The settings are
Disabled and from 4 minutes to 508 minutes, in increments of 4 min-
utes.
Suspend Time Out
This option defines the length of time that the system, while in Standby
mode, must be inactive before it enters Suspend mode.The settings are
Disabled and from 4 minutes to 508 minutes, in increments of 4 min-
utes.
Slow Clock Ratio
This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in the
Standby Mode power saving state. The settings are expressed as a
percentage of the normal CPU clock speed. The settings are 0-12.5%,
12.5%-25%, 25%-37.5%, 37.5%-50%, 50%-62.5%, 62.5%-75%, or
75-87.5%.
Display Activity
When set to Monitor, this option enables event monitoring on the video
Chapter 4
BIOS Configuration
